Women, choice and promotion or why women are still a minority in the professoriate

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ID4545668
AuthorsJoanne Pyke (0000-0002-0137-937X, Victoria University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume35
Issue4
Pages444-454
Publication date2013-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080x.2013.812179
OpenAlexW2153397853
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited24

Women remain a minority in the Australian professoriate despite decades of equal opportunity policy. This article discusses the findings of an intensive case study that investigates why women's representation declines at the most senior academic levels. Through in-depth interviews with 24 women, the study explores the extent to which women's choices and aspirations are shaped by academic employment conditions that are ambiguous in their effects on women's capacity to reach senior academic roles. Responses suggest that women are slowed down, in ways that men often are not, by multiple conditions. The findings draw attention to the need for equity policies that support women to reach the professoriate before retirement becomes the preferred option

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law · Gender equity · Higher education · Political science · Promotion (chess · Representation (politics · Sociology · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Mentoring and Academic Development · Psychology

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