Making It at the Top
Women and Minority Faculty in the Academic Labor Market
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3755586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William H Exum (Northwestern University), Robert J Menges (Northwestern University), Bari Watkins (Northwestern University), Patricia Berglund (Northwestern University), Patricia A Berglund (0000-0001-5952-6021, Northwestern University) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 301-324 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000276484027003004 |
| OpenAlex | W1990775180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 4 |
In this article, we argue that the small number of women and minority faculty in tenured and tenure-track positions in elite research universities is not simply the result of overt racism and sexism. Nor is it simply the result of a relatively small pool of qualified candidates. Rather, significant barriers to women and minority faculty are found in the character of the academic market itself. We focus on the academic market as an internal labor market; the ways in which most faculty jobs are filled in that market; the reliance on custom and precedence in the market; the nature of the competition for faculty in the market; important ignorance problems in the market; the absence of explicit job descriptions and formal evaluation mechanisms; and the ways in which considerations of cost advantages to management and the structure of allocation in the academic internal market may work against women and minority faculty
Business · Competition (biology) · Economics · Elite · Ignorance · Industrial organization · Job market · Labour economics · Market structure · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics) · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Law · Marketing
The symbolic meaning of artifacts for the workplace identity of women in academia
Marginalizing Merit?
Race-related service and faculty of color
Agency, Structure, and Power
Leader and leadership loneliness
Maids of Academe
Scholars and gentlemen
A Systematic Review of Select Social Science and Humanities Literature
(Re)Defining Departure
An Occupational Hazard Warning
Faculty Socialization
Costs and Benefits of Advocacy for Faculty Women
Women and Minority Faculty Job Satisfaction
Faculty Mentoring Faculty in a Public University
Writing Blocks and Tacit Knowledge
Racial Stratification and the Use of Hispanic Faculty as Role Models
Surveillance and Sacrifice
The Voices of Senior Scholars on Mentoring Graduate Students and Junior Scholars
Cross-Cultural Mentoring in Counselor Education
Employment Chances in the Academic Job Market in Sociology
Shifting Gender Boundaries
African-American Women in Higher Education
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2024 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |