Indicators of esteem

Gender and prestige in academic work

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11166174
AutoresKelly Coate (0000-0002-8801-8138, King’s Learning Institute, King’s College London, London, UK, autor de correspondencia), Camille Kandiko Howson (0000-0003-1045-3655, King’s Learning Institute, King’s College London, London, UK)
Año2016
Volumen37
Número4
Páginas567-585
Fecha de publicación2016-05-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01425692.2014.955082
OpenAlexW2045303107
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas43
Referencias citadas27

The continued gender imbalance in senior positions in higher education is a problem that persists despite decades of feminist research and publications in the area, as well as interventions in many countries to promote the advancement of women. In this article we view the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the prestige economy, which suggests that academics are motivated by prestige factors accrued through advancement in their careers. Prestige, authority and status, we suggest, may be more easily acquired by male academics. We draw on a case study of one institution in the Republic of Ireland, including data from a survey on academic careers (n = 269), to explore how the concept of prestige is gendered. We explore the cumulative effect of four themes: homosociability; non-transparency of criteria; academic workload balance; and self-promotion

Demographic economics · Economics · Higher education · Inequality · Institution · Occupational prestige · Political science · Population · Prestige · Promotion (chess · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology