Views from Above the Glass Ceiling

Does the Academic Environment Influence Women Professors’ Careers and Experiences

Bibliographic Data

ID11997751
AuthorsKarin Sanders (0000-0002-0385-1690, University of Twente, corresponding author), Tineke M Willemsen, Carla Millar (University of Twente), Carla C J M Millar
Year2008
Volume60
Issue5-6
Pages301-312
Publication date2008-09-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSex Roles (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0360-0025 • E-ISSN: 1573-2762
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11199-008-9547-7
OpenAlexW2075744575
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited35

Using data from 188 female full professors from all 14 Dutch universities this study examines whether skewed sex ratios in the environment and the absence of a women-friendly environment are related to their career path experiences and to their perception of the general ease of women’s obtaining a professorship. Results from multi-level analyses show a positive relationship between the perception of women-friendly environment and both the experience of their own career path, and the perceived ease with which other women could become a full professor. Moreover results show that the higher the percentage of women professors in the academic field the stronger the relationship between perception of women friendliness and the experienced ease with which they became a full professor

Career path · Glass ceiling · Job satisfaction · Management · Path analysis (statistics · Perception · Work environment · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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