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Women professors and the academic housework trap

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ID4545684
AutoresBruce Macfarlane (0000-0002-9399-6155, University of Bristol, autor correspondente), David Burg (0000-0001-9021-6339, Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)
Ano2019
Volume41
Fascículo3
Páginas262-274
Data de publicação2019-05-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080x.2019.1589682
OpenAlexW2938687154
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas37
Referências citadas28

Women constitute just over one fifth of full professors in UK higher education and whilst work has emerged in recent years on professors as leaders, there has been comparatively little research about how this under-represented cadre define and practise their role as intellectual leaders. This paper seeks to analyse how women see their role as full professors through autobiographical accounts of their intellectual and career histories via interviews with women professors, and a small comparison group of male professors. A range of freedoms and responsibilities connected with the professorial role are identified along with personal qualities considered central to success. Both female and male professors understand their role principally in terms of research leadership, but women are more likely to emphasise the importance of academic citizenship, especially mentoring, compared to their male counterparts, an obligation that weighs especially heavily on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics areas. While these findings are indicative of the continuing effect of so-called ‘academic housework’ in holding back the academic careers of women, they are also a positive indicator of a commitment to an all-round role as an intellectual leader

Career development · Citizenship · Higher education · Obligation · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Mentoring and Academic Development · Psychology

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Citações por ano6,17
Intervalo de citações2020 - 2026 (7)
Velocidade de citaçãocurrent
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Tipos de citaçãoNeutras: 36
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