CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE? WOMEN IN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP IN AUSTRALIA

Colleen Chesterman · Anne Ross‐Smith · Margaret Peters

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Gender Diversity and Inequality Higher Education Governance and Development Gender and Feminist Studies

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ABSTRACT. This paper analyses interviews with 41 men and women in senior academic leadership roles in five Australian universities. It explores whether management cultures change when women hold power. It contrasts interviewees' conceptions of the role gender has played in career success with notions which posit a gender-neutral organization. It probes the impact of the differentially constructed careers of men and women for appointment to senior positions. It identifies factors that sustain women, specifically collegiality, support from senior colleague and a critical mass of other women in power. Finally, in considering the unwillingness of some women to apply for further promotions, it suggests women are still positioned as outsiders to university management, although there is evidence that this is changing. CHANGEMENT DE PAYSAGE? PLACE DES FEMMES AUSTRALIENNES DANS LE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITAIRE RÉSUMÉ. Cette étude porte sur l'analyse d'entrevues menées auprès de 41 hommes et femmes occupant des postes universitaires supérieurs dans cinq universités australiennes. Elle cherche à savoir si les cultures de gestion changent lorsque les femmes occupent des postes de pouvoir. Elle oppose aussi les conceptions des personnes interviewées sur le rôle joué par les femmes et les hommes dans la réussite professionnelle, et sur les notions d'organisation sans distinction de genre. Elle explore les conséquences de différents cheminements de carrière des hommes et des femmes nommés à des postes de direction. Elle détermine les facteurs qui servent d'appui aux femmes, précisément la collégialité, le soutien de la part de collègues chevronnées et la présence d'une masse critique de femmes occupant des postes de décision. En dernier lieu, si l'on tient compte de la réticence de certaines femmes à poser leur candidature à des postes supérieurs, les données semblent indiquer que les femmes sont toujours étrangères à la gestion universitaire, quoiqu'il soit évident que cette situation est en train de changer.

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