Ruth Woodfield
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 261064 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ruth Woodfield |
| PRENOMES | Ruth |
| SOBRENOME | Woodfield |
| ASSINATURA | WOODFIELD R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7442-3186 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 162 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Driving Change Together
This paper examines how organizations in the automotive sector respond to the internal communication challenges posed by the transition to electric vehicle production. Unlike typical organizational change, electrification is driven not only by market forces but also by sociopolitical and regulatory pressures to reduce carbon emissions and pursue sustainable mobility: pressures producing a complex and significant change environment. Despite the im…
Collegiality in the complex ecosystem of research in academia
Recent work by researchers, higher education institutions and research funders highlights how current research culture can be damaging to individual experience, and the wider research endeavour, potentially constraining capacity to create useful knowledge that addresses key problems. Further, the erosion of academic values and freedoms has emerged as a key concern for researchers working within the UK and beyond. Many institutions are considering…
Banter and beyond
This article explores the role of humor, specifically banter, in addressing gendered organizational tensions within the UK Fire and Rescue Service during a period of modernizing change. Such tensions reflect who holds authority and who is deemed to belong, and we explore how banter is used to both contest and confirm authority associated with the formal rank system and the informal, masculinist ideal‐typical worker in this context. We discuss ban…
The gendered landscape of UK higher education
The landscape of UK higher education (HE) has changed significantly over the past decades. Key shifts relate to the changing gender balance of the undergraduate student body and to emergent gender gaps in retention and attainment. Men are now less likely to access HE, complete their degrees or achieve ‘Upper’ degrees. There has been minimal empirical exploration of men’s perceptions of the current gender patterning of HE, and none focusing on the…
Undergraduate students who are required to withdraw from university
A large body of international research focuses on identifying reasons why students do not ‘persist’ (Tinto, ) within higher education. Little research has focused on students whose leaving is non‐voluntary and where narratives of ‘persistence’ are therefore not as pertinent. This paper seeks to refocus some of the attention onto the distinct group of students who do not elect to leave their studies but who are, instead, required to withdraw; such…
Gender and the achievement of skilled status in the workplace
This article focuses on a hitherto un-researched group: women leaders within the UK Fire and Rescue Service. The process of modernizing the Fire and Rescue Service has increased expectations of workforce diversification and of women more easily entering and progressing within the organization. However, participants' commentary testified to the difficulties faced when seeking recognition as a skilled woman in this context given the persistence of …
Age and first destination employment from UK universities
This article analyses a recent cohort (2006) of UK graduates, and explores the previously neglected relationship between age and post‐degree employment. Much work on mature students assumes their overall experience to be one of disadvantage relative to traditional‐age graduates, and this includes employability research. Here, mature students are demonstrated to be advantaged in the graduate labour market through analysis of a wide range of variab…
The determinants of undergraduate degree performance
This study uses data drawn from three recent cohorts of undergraduates at the University of Sussex to investigate the key determinants of degree performance. The primary theme of the study is an examination of the gender dimension to degree performance. The average ‘good’ degree rate for female students was found to be superior to the male rate. The modest raw gender differential in first class degree rates favoured women but was found to be attr…
Individual and gender differences in good and first-class undergraduate degree performance
Corroborating recent findings elsewhere, women within a large undergraduate sample at the University of Sussex achieved a greater proportion of 'good' (first- or upper-second-class) degrees than did their male counterparts. This female advantage disappeared when statistically controlling for the trait openness to experience and for study-related behaviour whilst at university (i.e. attending seminars and completing 'non-contributory' assignments)…
An assessment of the extent to which subject variation between the Arts and Sciences in relation to the award of a First Class degree can explain the ‘gender gap’ in UK universities
There is a widely recognised national trend for girls to outperform boys at all levels of compulsory schooling. With few exceptions, however, most recent research has reported that, in relation to academic performance at university, men are proportionately over‐represented at the First Class level. A number of general hypotheses have been put forward to explain this phenomenon, including those that assume gender‐linked differences in cognitive an…
Gender differences in undergraduate attendance rates
Research on students' attendance rates has focused mainly on the effects of personality variables and cognitive ability, rather than on the impact on degree outcomes. More specifically, there is scant information relating to the question of whether male and female undergraduate students have differential practices in relation to attendance, whether any such differences are significant or not in terms of eventual outcomes for undergraduates, and o…
Work and its Limitations
Review article: Jacobs, J. A. and Gerson, K. (2004) 'The Time Divide:Work, Family, and Gender Inequality' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (ISBN: 0674011538) Meiskins, P. and Whalley, P. (2002) 'Putting Work in its Place:A Quiet Revolution' Ithaca, NY: ILR press (ISBN: 0811438586) Blyton, P. and Turnbull, P. (2004) 'The Dynamics of Employee Relations, 3rd edn' Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (ISBN: 033394836X)
Gender and mode of assessment at university
This paper reports on research conducted at the University of Sussex and examines whether female students have a particular preference for coursework, and whether such a preference is a key factor in their current undergraduate success. The performances of 638 students on courses whose assessment modes comprised both coursework and examinations were analysed to determine what, if any, gender differences were evident in relation to performances on…
Effects of Nativity, Age at Migration, and Acculturation on Smoking Among Adult Houston Residents of Mexican Descent
Objectives. We investigated differences in smoking behaviors between US-and Mexican-born ever smokers and examined the influence of US culture on smoking initiation. Methods. Participants were 5030 adults of Mexican descent enrolled in an ongoing population-based cohort in Houston, Tex. Results. More men than women reported current smoking; rates among US-born women were higher than those among Mexican-born women. Smoking rates among US-born men …
Women, Work, and Computing
Books Reviewed
Nature over nurture
Temperaments are often regarded as biologically based psychological tendencies with intrinsic paths of development. It is argued that this definition applies to the personality traits of the five-factor model. Evidence for the endogenous nature of traits is summarized from studies of behavior genetics, parent-child relations, personality structure, animal personality, and the longitudinal stability of individual differences. New evidence for intr…
Nature over nurture
Temperaments are often regarded as biologically based psychological tendencies with intrinsic paths of development. It is argued that this definition applies to the personality traits of the five-factor model. Evidence for the endogenous nature of traits is summarized from studies of behavior genetics, parent-child relations, personality structure, animal personality, and the longitudinal stability of individual differences. New evidence for intr…
Effects of Nativity, Age at Migration, and Acculturation on Smoking Among Adult Houston Residents of Mexican Descent
Objectives. We investigated differences in smoking behaviors between US-and Mexican-born ever smokers and examined the influence of US culture on smoking initiation. Methods. Participants were 5030 adults of Mexican descent enrolled in an ongoing population-based cohort in Houston, Tex. Results. More men than women reported current smoking; rates among US-born women were higher than those among Mexican-born women. Smoking rates among US-born men …
Gender differences in undergraduate attendance rates
Research on students' attendance rates has focused mainly on the effects of personality variables and cognitive ability, rather than on the impact on degree outcomes. More specifically, there is scant information relating to the question of whether male and female undergraduate students have differential practices in relation to attendance, whether any such differences are significant or not in terms of eventual outcomes for undergraduates, and o…
Gender and the achievement of skilled status in the workplace
This article focuses on a hitherto un-researched group: women leaders within the UK Fire and Rescue Service. The process of modernizing the Fire and Rescue Service has increased expectations of workforce diversification and of women more easily entering and progressing within the organization. However, participants' commentary testified to the difficulties faced when seeking recognition as a skilled woman in this context given the persistence of …
Age and first destination employment from UK universities
This article analyses a recent cohort (2006) of UK graduates, and explores the previously neglected relationship between age and post‐degree employment. Much work on mature students assumes their overall experience to be one of disadvantage relative to traditional‐age graduates, and this includes employability research. Here, mature students are demonstrated to be advantaged in the graduate labour market through analysis of a wide range of variab…
The determinants of undergraduate degree performance
This study uses data drawn from three recent cohorts of undergraduates at the University of Sussex to investigate the key determinants of degree performance. The primary theme of the study is an examination of the gender dimension to degree performance. The average ‘good’ degree rate for female students was found to be superior to the male rate. The modest raw gender differential in first class degree rates favoured women but was found to be attr…
An assessment of the extent to which subject variation between the Arts and Sciences in relation to the award of a First Class degree can explain the ‘gender gap’ in UK universities
There is a widely recognised national trend for girls to outperform boys at all levels of compulsory schooling. With few exceptions, however, most recent research has reported that, in relation to academic performance at university, men are proportionately over‐represented at the First Class level. A number of general hypotheses have been put forward to explain this phenomenon, including those that assume gender‐linked differences in cognitive an…
Individual and gender differences in good and first-class undergraduate degree performance
Corroborating recent findings elsewhere, women within a large undergraduate sample at the University of Sussex achieved a greater proportion of 'good' (first- or upper-second-class) degrees than did their male counterparts. This female advantage disappeared when statistically controlling for the trait openness to experience and for study-related behaviour whilst at university (i.e. attending seminars and completing 'non-contributory' assignments)…
Undergraduate students who are required to withdraw from university
A large body of international research focuses on identifying reasons why students do not ‘persist’ (Tinto, ) within higher education. Little research has focused on students whose leaving is non‐voluntary and where narratives of ‘persistence’ are therefore not as pertinent. This paper seeks to refocus some of the attention onto the distinct group of students who do not elect to leave their studies but who are, instead, required to withdraw; such…
Banter and beyond
This article explores the role of humor, specifically banter, in addressing gendered organizational tensions within the UK Fire and Rescue Service during a period of modernizing change. Such tensions reflect who holds authority and who is deemed to belong, and we explore how banter is used to both contest and confirm authority associated with the formal rank system and the informal, masculinist ideal‐typical worker in this context. We discuss ban…
Work and its Limitations
Review article: Jacobs, J. A. and Gerson, K. (2004) 'The Time Divide:Work, Family, and Gender Inequality' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (ISBN: 0674011538) Meiskins, P. and Whalley, P. (2002) 'Putting Work in its Place:A Quiet Revolution' Ithaca, NY: ILR press (ISBN: 0811438586) Blyton, P. and Turnbull, P. (2004) 'The Dynamics of Employee Relations, 3rd edn' Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (ISBN: 033394836X)
Books Reviewed
Nature over nurture
Temperaments are often regarded as biologically based psychological tendencies with intrinsic paths of development. It is argued that this definition applies to the personality traits of the five-factor model. Evidence for the endogenous nature of traits is summarized from studies of behavior genetics, parent-child relations, personality structure, animal personality, and the longitudinal stability of individual differences. New evidence for intr…
Women, Work, and Computing
Gender and mode of assessment at university
This paper reports on research conducted at the University of Sussex and examines whether female students have a particular preference for coursework, and whether such a preference is a key factor in their current undergraduate success. The performances of 638 students on courses whose assessment modes comprised both coursework and examinations were analysed to determine what, if any, gender differences were evident in relation to performances on…
Effects of Nativity, Age at Migration, and Acculturation on Smoking Among Adult Houston Residents of Mexican Descent
Objectives. We investigated differences in smoking behaviors between US-and Mexican-born ever smokers and examined the influence of US culture on smoking initiation. Methods. Participants were 5030 adults of Mexican descent enrolled in an ongoing population-based cohort in Houston, Tex. Results. More men than women reported current smoking; rates among US-born women were higher than those among Mexican-born women. Smoking rates among US-born men …
An assessment of the extent to which subject variation between the Arts and Sciences in relation to the award of a First Class degree can explain the ‘gender gap’ in UK universities
There is a widely recognised national trend for girls to outperform boys at all levels of compulsory schooling. With few exceptions, however, most recent research has reported that, in relation to academic performance at university, men are proportionately over‐represented at the First Class level. A number of general hypotheses have been put forward to explain this phenomenon, including those that assume gender‐linked differences in cognitive an…
Gender differences in undergraduate attendance rates
Research on students' attendance rates has focused mainly on the effects of personality variables and cognitive ability, rather than on the impact on degree outcomes. More specifically, there is scant information relating to the question of whether male and female undergraduate students have differential practices in relation to attendance, whether any such differences are significant or not in terms of eventual outcomes for undergraduates, and o…
Work and its Limitations
Review article: Jacobs, J. A. and Gerson, K. (2004) 'The Time Divide:Work, Family, and Gender Inequality' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (ISBN: 0674011538) Meiskins, P. and Whalley, P. (2002) 'Putting Work in its Place:A Quiet Revolution' Ithaca, NY: ILR press (ISBN: 0811438586) Blyton, P. and Turnbull, P. (2004) 'The Dynamics of Employee Relations, 3rd edn' Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (ISBN: 033394836X)
Individual and gender differences in good and first-class undergraduate degree performance
Corroborating recent findings elsewhere, women within a large undergraduate sample at the University of Sussex achieved a greater proportion of 'good' (first- or upper-second-class) degrees than did their male counterparts. This female advantage disappeared when statistically controlling for the trait openness to experience and for study-related behaviour whilst at university (i.e. attending seminars and completing 'non-contributory' assignments)…
The determinants of undergraduate degree performance
This study uses data drawn from three recent cohorts of undergraduates at the University of Sussex to investigate the key determinants of degree performance. The primary theme of the study is an examination of the gender dimension to degree performance. The average ‘good’ degree rate for female students was found to be superior to the male rate. The modest raw gender differential in first class degree rates favoured women but was found to be attr…
Age and first destination employment from UK universities
This article analyses a recent cohort (2006) of UK graduates, and explores the previously neglected relationship between age and post‐degree employment. Much work on mature students assumes their overall experience to be one of disadvantage relative to traditional‐age graduates, and this includes employability research. Here, mature students are demonstrated to be advantaged in the graduate labour market through analysis of a wide range of variab…
Gender and the achievement of skilled status in the workplace
This article focuses on a hitherto un-researched group: women leaders within the UK Fire and Rescue Service. The process of modernizing the Fire and Rescue Service has increased expectations of workforce diversification and of women more easily entering and progressing within the organization. However, participants' commentary testified to the difficulties faced when seeking recognition as a skilled woman in this context given the persistence of …
The gendered landscape of UK higher education
The landscape of UK higher education (HE) has changed significantly over the past decades. Key shifts relate to the changing gender balance of the undergraduate student body and to emergent gender gaps in retention and attainment. Men are now less likely to access HE, complete their degrees or achieve ‘Upper’ degrees. There has been minimal empirical exploration of men’s perceptions of the current gender patterning of HE, and none focusing on the…
Undergraduate students who are required to withdraw from university
A large body of international research focuses on identifying reasons why students do not ‘persist’ (Tinto, ) within higher education. Little research has focused on students whose leaving is non‐voluntary and where narratives of ‘persistence’ are therefore not as pertinent. This paper seeks to refocus some of the attention onto the distinct group of students who do not elect to leave their studies but who are, instead, required to withdraw; such…
Banter and beyond
This article explores the role of humor, specifically banter, in addressing gendered organizational tensions within the UK Fire and Rescue Service during a period of modernizing change. Such tensions reflect who holds authority and who is deemed to belong, and we explore how banter is used to both contest and confirm authority associated with the formal rank system and the informal, masculinist ideal‐typical worker in this context. We discuss ban…
Collegiality in the complex ecosystem of research in academia
Recent work by researchers, higher education institutions and research funders highlights how current research culture can be damaging to individual experience, and the wider research endeavour, potentially constraining capacity to create useful knowledge that addresses key problems. Further, the erosion of academic values and freedoms has emerged as a key concern for researchers working within the UK and beyond. Many institutions are considering…
Driving Change Together
This paper examines how organizations in the automotive sector respond to the internal communication challenges posed by the transition to electric vehicle production. Unlike typical organizational change, electrification is driven not only by market forces but also by sociopolitical and regulatory pressures to reduce carbon emissions and pursue sustainable mobility: pressures producing a complex and significant change environment. Despite the im…
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