Undoing disparities in faculty workloads: A randomized trial experiment
Undoing disparities in faculty workloads: A randomized trial experiment
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2018-12-19
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O'Meara, KerryAnn
Jaeger, Audrey
Misra, Joya
Lennartz, Courtney
Kuvaeva, Alexandra
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O’Meara K, Jaeger A, Misra J, Lennartz C, Kuvaeva A (2018) Undoing disparities in faculty workloads: A randomized trial experiment. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0207316. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0207316
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Abstract
We conducted a randomized control study to improve equity in how work is taken up,
assigned and rewarded in academic departments. We used a four-part intervention targeting
routine work practices, department conditions, and the readiness of faculty to intervene
to shape more equitable outcomes over an 18-month period. Our goal was to (a) increase
the number of routine work practices that department faculty could enact to ensure equity,
(b) enhance conditions within the department known to positively enhance equity, and (c)
improve the action readiness of department faculty to ensure equity in division of labor. Post
intervention faculty in participating departments were more likely than before the intervention
to report work practices and conditions that support equity and action readiness in their
department, and that teaching and service work in their department is fair. Participating
departments were significantly more likely than control departments to report practices and
conditions that support equity and greater action readiness to address issues of workload
equity in their department. Finally, participating department faculty were more likely than
control department faculty to report increased self-advocacy and were more likely than control
department faculty to report that the distribution of teaching and service work in their
department is fair.
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