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Women on the edge: Workplace stress at universities in North America
Author(s) -
Mountz Alison
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12277
Subject(s) - work (physics) , mental health , fertility , political science , psychology , sociology , economic growth , engineering , psychiatry , demography , economics , mechanical engineering , population
Key Messages There is an important, under‐explored relationship between deteriorating work conditions in the neoliberal university and the deteriorating well‐being and health of women working at universities. Women faculty struggle with fertility, mental health and well‐being, and other physical manifestations of stress. There are many strategies that universities, departments, and individuals can pursue to improve work conditions for all university faculty.