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Women Professors : Who Makes It and How?
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- ISBN: 9789811336850
- ISBN: 9789811336836
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1 online resource (266 pages) - Publisher: Singapore : Springer, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Formatted Contents Note: | Intro -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Women in the Professoriate -- 1.1 Women in the Contemporary Professoriate -- 1.1.1 An International Problem -- 1.1.2 Understanding the Problem -- 1.2 At the Academic Frontier: A Historical Perspective -- 1.3 Gender Equality and Gender Equity -- 1.3.1 Gender Equality -- 1.3.2 Gender Equity -- 1.4 The Problem, the Challenge, and This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Higher the Fewer -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 International Snapshots -- 2.2.1 United States -- 2.2.2 European Union -- 2.2.3 Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) -- 2.2.4 Australia -- 2.2.5 United Kingdom -- 2.2.6 Patterns of "the Higher the Fewer" -- 2.2.7 Women and Multiple Vulnerabilities -- 2.3 The Pipeline Myth -- 2.4 Cultural Influences -- 2.4.1 Merit and the Academic Ladder -- 2.4.2 Masculinities -- 2.4.3 Postfeminism -- 2.4.4 Neoliberalism -- 2.5 Cumulative Disadvantages -- 2.6 New Directions -- References -- Chapter 3: Climbing the Ladder -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Individual Influences -- 3.2.1 Age -- 3.2.2 Race and Ethnicity -- 3.2.3 Confidence and Perceived Capability -- 3.2.4 Academic Motivation -- 3.3 Academic Work Influences -- 3.3.1 Balance and Value of Academic Work -- 3.3.2 Research Productivity -- 3.3.3 Teaching -- 3.3.4 Service and Administrative Duties -- 3.3.5 Academic Employment -- 3.3.6 Career Satisfaction -- 3.4 Academic Environment Influences -- 3.4.1 Institutional and Faculty Climate -- 3.4.2 Promotion -- 3.4.3 Transparency of Decision-Making Processes -- 3.4.4 Isolation -- 3.4.5 Discriminatory Practices -- 3.4.6 The Glass Ceiling and the Glass Cliff -- 3.5 Resource Influences -- 3.6 Social Influences -- 3.6.1 Professional Relationships -- 3.6.2 Work and Family -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References. |
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