Summary
Contents
This brief collection of cases is designed to help students and employees gain a hands-on understanding of gender issues in the workplace and to provide the necessary tools to handle those issues. Based on actual legal cases, nationally reported incidents, and personal interviews, the case studies in Gender in the Workplace address the range and types of gender issues in the workplace. Completely revised and updated, this Second Edition provides a more international dimension to reinforce the varying impact of different cultures on gender issues.
The Pregnant Professor
The Pregnant Professor
Case Overview
The people in this case, Karen and Tim, are married academics attempting to balance the early stages of two careers with their close personal relationship and starting a family. The case raises the issues of choosing between competing personal and professional demands and needs, as well as the policies that institutions might offer to make this balancing act more feasible. Issues of how much separation should exist between personal and professional lives also arise in the case. The couple in the case also models a rather egalitarian marriage, in its career decisions and child-care responsibilities.
Body of Case
“You'd be fools to marry,” exclaimed the dean of Arts and Sciences to the two outstanding Ph.D. candidates in front of him. “Do ...