ABSTRACT Faculty members with families face well-documented challenges in managing the demands of work and life. However, we know less about the experiences of single faculty members. Using agency as a theoretical framework, we assessed whether faculty members have different experiences in enacting agency in work-life balance based on their partner status, gender, and rank. We found single faculty members, particularly single, women associate professors, felt less agency in their ability to balance work and life than their partnered peers. We offer policy recommendations for institutions to more equitably support all faculty members in negotiating work-life challenges.

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谁有生活？单一教师工作与生活平衡的代理

摘要 有家庭的教职员工在管理工作和生活需求方面面临着有据可查的挑战。然而，我们对单一教员的经历知之甚少。使用代理作为理论框架，我们评估了教职员工是否根据他们的合作伙伴身份、性别和等级在工作与生活平衡中制定代理的经验不同。我们发现单身的教职员工，尤其是单身的女副教授，在平衡工作和生活的能力方面感觉不如他们的合作伙伴。我们为机构提供政策建议，以更公平地支持所有教职员工应对工作与生活的挑战。