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A View of Campus Service Inequality From Annual Faculty Reports

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ID9009763
AuthorsKerryann O’meara (,, corresponding author), Alexandra Kuvaeva (0000-0002-2661-4663, ,), Gudrun Nyunt (0000-0002-6338-4270, ,)
Year2017
Volume88
Issue5
Pages672-700
Publication date2017-01-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1546 • E-ISSN: 1538-4640
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221546.2016.1257312
OpenAlexW2737447535
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited77

Time is a valuable resource in academic careers. Empirical evidence suggests women faculty spend more time in campus service than men. Yet some studies show no difference when relevant variables are included. The primary source of data for most workload studies is cross-sectional surveys that have several weaknesses. This study investigated campus service inequality and factors that predict it at 1 research university using a novel and more comprehensive source of data - annual faculty reports. The investigation was guided by Kanter’s work on the role of power and representation and Lewis and Simpson’s rereading of Kanter’s work to focus on gender, power, and representation. The authors examined 1,146 records of faculty campus service during 2 years. In both years, women faculty reported more total campus service than men while controlling for race, rank, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and the critical mass of women in a department. When considering levels of service, women reported higher numbers of service activities at the department and university levels. Women in male-dominated fields tended to have service workloads more like their peers and less like women in non-STEM fields. The article concludes with considerations regarding implications for organizing practices that maintain inequity between men and women in campus service

Business · Economics · Inequality · Management · Medical education · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Sociology · Workload · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Higher Education Research Studies · Marketing · Mathematics · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development · Psychology

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