Being out Matters for Lesbian Faculty: Personal Identities Influence Professional Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Reinert, Leah J.; Yakaboski, Tamara
Titel	Being out Matters for Lesbian Faculty: Personal Identities Influence Professional Experiences
Quelle	In: NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 10 (2017) 3, S.319-336 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-7882
DOI	10.1080/19407882.2017.1285793
Schlagwörter	Homosexuality; College Faculty; Experience; Phenomenology; Qualitative Research; Feminism; Professional Identity; Self Concept; Women Faculty; Rural Schools; Interviews; Family Work Relationship; Organizational Culture; Community Influence; Quality of Life + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homosexualität; Fakultät; Erfahrung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Qualitative Forschung; Feminismus; Selbstkonzept; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Unternehmenskultur; Lebensqualität
Abstract	Five lesbian faculty who were out in the workplace had positive personal and professional experiences in relation to how they negotiated family, campus culture, community, and personal fulfillment. This phenomenological qualitative study offers an alternative to deficit model research by exploring the participants' lived-experiences using a feminist constructivist framework to highlight the shared consensus of the participants' experiences. Based on these experiences, higher education administration can support positive intersections of work and personal life in order to maintain or create a healthy environment for lesbian and diverse faculty. Some recommendations are: develop and promote events and programs specifically for LGBT faculty and staff, merge the overall LGBT community with the campus LGBT community to address quality of life concerns, provide opportunities for all of campus to educate themselves on LGBT issues, and ensure that information for and about LGBT faculty and staff is readily available. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01