Slaying the seven-headed dragon: The quest for gender change in academia

"In this article we propose a multi-level distinction between gender inequality practices and gender equality practices to come to better understanding of the slow pace of gender change in academia. Gender inequality resembles an unbeatable seven-headed dragon that has a multitude of faces in d...

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Published in:Gender, work, and organization work, and organization, 2012, Vol.19 (1), p.71-92
Main Authors: Brink, Marieke van den, Benschop, Yvonne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Departments
academic fields
Academic profession
Akademiker
Chancengleichheit
change
Diskriminierung
Equality
Gender equity
gender practices
Gender roles
Geschlechtsspezifik
Gleichstellungspolitik
Higher education
Hochschullehrer
Hochschulsystem
Humanwissenschaften
Inequality
Masculinity
Medizin
Naturwissenschaften
Netherlands
Niederlande
Personalauswahl
Personnel selection
Practice
Recruitment
recruitment and selection
Sex
Sexual Inequality
Social change
Social Environment
Studies
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Summary:"In this article we propose a multi-level distinction between gender inequality practices and gender equality practices to come to better understanding of the slow pace of gender change in academia. Gender inequality resembles an unbeatable seven-headed dragon that has a multitude of faces in different social contexts. Based on an empirical study on the recruitment and selection of full professors in three academic fields in The Netherlands we discuss practices that should bring about gender equality and show how these interact with gender inequality practices. We argue that the multitude of gender inequality practices are ineffectively countered by gender equality practices because the latter lack teeth, especially in traditional masculine academic environments." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Befragung. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1999 bis 2006.
ISSN:0968-6673
1468-0432
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0432.2011.00566.x