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BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY: HOW FEMALE SUPERINTENDENTS
SUCCEED AT WORK AND HOME
by
Julie Olesniewicz
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Julie Olesniewicz
Object Description
| Title | Balancing work and family: how female superintendents succeed at work and life |
| Author | Olesniewicz, Julie |
| Author email | jaolz@mac.com;jaolz@mac.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-03-22 |
| Date submitted | 2012-04-26 |
| Date approved | 2012-04-27 |
| Restricted until | 2012-04-27 |
| Date published | 2012-04-27 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Stowe, Kathy |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Malloy, Courtney Robles, Darline |
| Abstract | Women leaders in education struggle to balance work and family life. Historically, this struggle has stemmed from attempts to manage societal expectations of balancing work and family. In managing these expectations, women leaders face many challenges, which have made it difficult to maintain home responsibilities and deal with increasing demands at work. For women, these dual responsibilities sometimes make it seem impossible to find the balance they seek in their lives. Although they have made great strides in the past century, women fill only 18% of the superintendencies in this country—even though they dominate in numbers within the classroom. There are women successfully finding balance; however, what is not clearly known are the support systems and strategies that assist with this success in both the family and work domains. ❧ The primary purpose of this study was to identify support systems and strategies that allow women in leadership positions—specifically the superintendency—to maintain balance in work and life. The secondary purpose of the study was to identify the challenges that exist in society and the field of education that have prevented many women from achieving leadership positions in education while maintaining balance in work and family life. This valuable information can better prepare women as they aspire to leadership positions and defy societal expectations, finding success in both career and family life. Using interviews, activity logs, observations, and artifacts, this qualitative study investigated three female superintendents balancing the constant work demands with husbands and children at home. |
| Keyword | balance; female superintendents; family |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Olesniewicz, Julie |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-Olesniewic-670.pdf |
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| Full text | BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY: HOW FEMALE SUPERINTENDENTS SUCCEED AT WORK AND HOME by Julie Olesniewicz A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2012 Copyright 2012 Julie Olesniewicz |
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