Gender and careers: women in academia
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
25794
Abstract
Prior research has investigated the barriers in the academic pipeline that result in the unequal representation of female academics in senior positions at Australian universities. There appears to be, however, a lack of research into the significant bottlenecks that occur between the two mid-level academic levels and the two most senior academic levels and the role that these bottlenecks play in the consequent gender inequity at senior organisational levels. To progress the gender agenda at universities, Federal legislation and organisational policies may be complemented by organisational strategy and we contend that these strategic efforts could be directed to the points at which the inequity commences. Understanding the dynamics of these pressure points could unlock career opportunities for female academics.
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Comments
Sharafizad, M. F., Brown, K., Jogulu, U., & Omari, M. (2017). Gender and careers: women in academia. In Creative Disruption: Managing in a Digital Age. Proceedings of the 31st Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (pp. 655-672). Available here