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THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE PURSUIT:
CHALLENGES, SUPPORTS, AND STRATEGIES OF SUCCESSFUL WOMEN
SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICERS
by
Carolyn C. Stirling
_______________________________________________________________________
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 Carolyn C. Stirling
Object Description
| Title | The work-life balance pursuit: challenges, supports, and strategies of successful women senior student affairs officers |
| Author | Stirling, Carolyn C. |
| Author email | ccsangel@earthlink.net;stirling@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-03-21 |
| Date submitted | 2012-04-29 |
| Date approved | 2012-04-30 |
| Restricted until | 2012-04-30 |
| Date published | 2012-04-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Stowe, Kathy |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Suite, Denzil Malloy, Courtney |
| Abstract | Women educational leaders struggle to achieve and sustain success in senior positions due to their attempts to manage societal expectations for balancing work and family. Societal expectations of being the primary caregivers result in working women attempting to navigate multiple professional and personal roles. Those who have attained the highest levels of leadership are tasked with being effective leaders in their workplace while at the same time successfully managing a home life and family. ❧ The purpose of this study is to determine how women leaders in education successfully balance work and family roles. While there is no “right way” to negotiate work-life balance, the study’s aim is to identify strategies that successful women leaders employ to effectively balance their work and family domains. This study also reveals challenges that women may face in achieving and sustaining a student affairs leadership position, along with support systems that address these challenges. ❧ Four women Vice Presidents for Student Affairs, or senior student affairs officers (SSAOs), participated in this qualitative case study. Data collection occurred via a series of in-person and telephone interviews, interviews with colleagues referred by the participants, office environmental scans, examination of resumes and institutional leave policies, and activity log entries over a five-week period. The study’s results are of interest both to aspiring and current women leaders as they aim to successfully integrate their work and family roles, as well as to policymakers who desire to retain these effective leaders. |
| Keyword | women leaders; work-life balance; balance; student affairs; SSAOs; senior student affairs officers; higher education; vice presidents for student affairs |
| 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 | Stirling, Carolyn C. |
| 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-StirlingCa-678.pdf |
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| Full text | THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE PURSUIT: CHALLENGES, SUPPORTS, AND STRATEGIES OF SUCCESSFUL WOMEN SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICERS by Carolyn C. Stirling _______________________________________________________________________ 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 Carolyn C. Stirling |
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