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Career mobility from associate to full professor in academia

Authors :
Christine Teelken
Claire Rosenmöller
Yvette Taminiau
Organization Sciences
Network Institute
Organization & Processes of Organizing in Society (OPOS)
Source :
Teelken, C, Taminiau, Y & Rosenmöller, C 2021, ' Career mobility from associate to full professor in academia : micro-political practices and implicit gender stereotypes ', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 46, no. 4, 10.1080/03075079.2019.1655725, pp. 836-850 . https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1655725, Studies in Higher Education, 46(4):10.1080/03075079.2019.1655725, 836-850. Routledge
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Routledge, 2021.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of gender stereotypes in academia by examining the informal aspects of the university as an organisation. We do so by using the concept of ‘micro-political practices related to recruitment and progression in higher education institutions’. To increase our comprehension, we conducted multi-method research that included the IAT test, a vignette study, and in-depth interviews at one university in the Netherlands. Our findings demonstrate the importance of unconscious stereotypes that create a divide between both male and female respondents. We explain how unconscious stereotypes permeate micro-political practices at the university under study. Consequently, we discuss whether our case represents a gendered organisation, which reproduces male organisational features in regard to recruitment and career progression. Our multi-method approach creates additional depth for our findings, reconfirming the importance of combining different data sources.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1470174X and 03075079
Volume :
46
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Studies in Higher Education
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1dfd77795f52e76b3e62bf5c59ab4111
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1655725