Part-time work and advancement: a study of female professional staff in Australian universities

One focus of gender equity policies in universities has been the creation of 'retention' part-time work for professional staff, which allows employees to move between full-time and part-time hours at their request. This paper examines whether such 'good' part-time jobs can contri...

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Published in:Journal of higher education policy and management 2017-06, Vol.39 (3), p.282-295
Main Authors: Bailey, Janis, Troup, Carolyn, Strachan, Glenda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic staff
Academic staff development
Academic staff promotion
Career advancement
Career Development
Career progression
Careers
Classification
Colleges & universities
Correlation
Employees
Fairness
Females
Foreign Countries
Full Time Equivalency
Gender bias
Gender equity
Higher education
Job classification
Occupational classifications
Part time employment
Part Time Faculty
part-time work
professional staff
Promotion (Occupational)
Regression (Statistics)
Sex Fairness
Statistical Analysis
Surveys
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Surveys
Universities
Women
Women Faculty
Work
Working women
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Summary:One focus of gender equity policies in universities has been the creation of 'retention' part-time work for professional staff, which allows employees to move between full-time and part-time hours at their request. This paper examines whether such 'good' part-time jobs can contribute to or at least not impede women's career advancement. The paper examines the correlation between job classification and part-time work, and whether a period of part-time work acts as a significant 'brake' on a woman's career trajectory. This study uses data from the 2011 Work and Careers in Australian Universities survey. Part-time work is used extensively by lower-classified women, but rarely by those in higher classifications. Part-time work stalls career advancement compared to working full-time, but this brake is reduced if a woman transitions back to full-time work.
ISSN:1360-080X
1469-9508
DOI:10.1080/1360080X.2017.1298200