Juggling the demands of a career and motherhood : perspectives of an academic in science

Wingfield, Brenda D.

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dc.contributor.author	Wingfield, Brenda D.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-10-17T06:32:55Z
dc.date.available	2011-10-17T06:32:55Z
dc.date.issued	2011-09
dc.description.abstract	One of the questions that I am regularly asked is how I have managed to juggle the demands of both a family and a career in science. The short answer to the question is 'with difficulty' and while this is the easy truthful answer, it does not really help to guide those young women who are grappling with the problem. Although I should include men in this equation as these issues should be as important to women as they are to their life partners, my focus here is as a mother and my suggestions are purely from my own personal perspective.	en
dc.description.uri	http://www.sajs.co.za	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Wingfield B. Juggling the demands of a career and motherhood: Perspectives of an academic in science. S Afr J Sci. 2011;107(9/10), Art. #865, 2 pages. http:// dx.DOI.org/10.4102/sajs. v107i9/10.865	en
dc.identifier.issn	0038-2353
dc.identifier.other	10.4102/sajs. v107i9/10.865
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17452
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Academy of Science of South Africa	en_US
dc.rights	© 2011. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.	en
dc.subject	Career and motherhood	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Vocational guidance	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Women -- Vocational guidance	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Working mothers	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Career development -- Decision making	en
dc.title	Juggling the demands of a career and motherhood : perspectives of an academic in science	en
dc.type	Article	en