abstract: 'This article examines risk-taking in the job search process and whether

  women and men who are part of a dual-career couple experience different

  work-related consequences for taking such risks. Specifically, we

  explore how the decision to reveal dual-career status in the academic

  job search process impacts faculty members'' later promotions,

  productivity, pay, mobility, and career-related goals. We draw on a

  sample of roughly 230 faculty in seven US universities who were part of

  a dual-career couple at their time of hire. We find that risk-taking

  during the job search impacts some career outcomes, and does so

  similarly for women and men. Members of a dual-career couple who took

  the risk of revealing their dual-career status before a job offer

  reported significantly more positive career experiences related to

  promotion and productivity than those who did not reveal their status

  during the job search. Only the salary outcome was negatively related to

  revealing dual-career status in the job search process. Because of the

  nature of academic hiring, revealing a risky status during the job

  search process may ameliorate barriers to employment. Our study has

  important implications for research and the development of academic

  dual-career policies that make dual-career hiring more transparent.'
affiliation: 'Morton, S (Corresponding Author), Washington State Univ, Dept Sociol,
  Pullman, WA 99164 USA.

  Morton, Sarah; Kmec, Julie A., Washington State Univ, Dept Sociol, Pullman, WA 99164
  USA.'
author: Morton, Sarah and Kmec, Julie A.
author-email: sarah.morton@wsu.edu
author_list:
- family: Morton
  given: Sarah
- family: Kmec
  given: Julie A.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/13669877.2017.1313761
eissn: 1466-4461
files: []
issn: 1366-9877
journal: JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
keywords: risk; academic job search; gender; dual-career; work experiences
keywords-plus: GENDER-DIFFERENCES; NEGOTIATION; AVERSION; WOMEN; SALARY; FIELD
language: English
month: DEC 2
number: '12'
number-of-cited-references: '44'
pages: 1517-1532
papis_id: ce83a76bb1b66317b05638e810da5fd8
ref: Morton2018risktakingacademic
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Risk-taking in the academic dual-hiring process: how risk shapes later work
  experiences'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000458376100005
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '21'
web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2018'