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Parental leave is just a wolf in sheep’s clothing: A call for gender-aware policies in academia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2023

Katrina A. Burch Open the ORCID record for Katrina A. Burch [Opens in a new window] ,
Melissa B. Sorensen ,
Cora E. Hurt ,
Molly R. Simmons ,
Tamia Eugene ,
Adalin K. McDaniel  and
Anna Paulson
Katrina A. Burch*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
Melissa B. Sorensen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
Cora E. Hurt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
Molly R. Simmons
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
Tamia Eugene
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
Adalin K. McDaniel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
Anna Paulson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
*
*Corresponding author: Email: katrina.burch@wku.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2023 , pp. 277 - 282
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We have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Data for this article are available to other researchers through the first author’s open science framework profile (https://osf.io/vk5ew). Data include a spreadsheet containing quantitative and qualitative information for 88 primarily regional comprehensive universities’ parental leave and tenure extension policies.

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