This study examines the relationships between gender ideology, work-to-family conflict, and marital satisfaction. We hypothesize that gender ideology will moderate relationships between both the respondent's work-to-family conflict and their spouse's work-to-family conflict in predicting marital satisfaction, and that spouses' gender ideologies will interact in predicting marital satisfaction. The hypotheses are addressed using data from a random sample of U.S. dual-earner couples (N=156) in a western state. The findings indicate that the more egalitarian women's gender ideologies, the stronger the negative relationship between women's marital satisfaction and women's work-to-family conflict. The results also indicate that the dependence of men's marital satisfaction on wives' gender ideologies varies according to men's own gender ideologies. Implications of the study are discussed.
The number of women earning advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has increased, yet women remain underrepresented at all ranks of the academic hierarchy in these fields. To help explain this pattern, we explored mechanisms in the recruitment and hiring process at the level of the department that hinder or promote the hiring of women into tenure-track positions. Using a unique data set of the entire pool of applicants to tenure-track STEM faculty positions over a 6-year period at a large public research university, we identified strategies that universities and academic departments can use to increase women's representation in tenure-track positions, including placing greater emphasis on increasing the number of women applicants and placing advertisements in venues that specifically target women.
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