University-Industry Relationships in Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences: The Role of Women Faculty

Autor/inn/en	Crowe, Jessica A.; Goldberger, Jessica R.
Titel	University-Industry Relationships in Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences: The Role of Women Faculty
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 74 (2009) 4, S.498-524 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
Schlagwörter	Scientific Research; Social Systems; Women Faculty; Females; Agricultural Colleges; College Administration; Intellectual Disciplines; Incidence; Biological Sciences; Feminism; Epistemology; Gender Differences; Federal Legislation; Land Grant Universities; Agriculture; Cooperation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social system; Soziales System; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Weibliches Geschlecht; Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät; Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Geisteswissenschaften; Vorkommen; Abwasserbiologie; Feminismus; Erkenntnistheorie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bundesrecht; Landwirtschaft; Co-operation; Kooperation
Abstract	An increasing amount of research has been dedicated to studying university-industry relationships (UIRs). Researchers have studied the impacts of UIRs on the integrity of university research. However, while studies have examined the attitudes and actions of university administration and industry leaders with respect to UIRs, limited attention has been devoted to the attitudes and actions of women faculty. Drawing on feminist epistemology and academic capitalism research, we develop and test four hypotheses about gender and UIRs. We use Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) and data from a nationwide survey of land-grant agricultural and life scientists to examine perceptions of UIRs and individual-level ties to private industry among male and female faculty in different academic disciplines. Although we find no significant gender differences in perceptions of UIRs, our results indicate women have fewer ties to industry compared to men when controlling for individual- and discipline-level characteristics. In particular, industry funding of scientific research and consulting for private firms appear to disproportionately favor men over women. We also find that discipline-level industry ties influence scientists' attitudes and industry linkages, suggesting the existence of different disciplinary cultures with respect to UIRs. We recommend researchers, policymakers, and others interested in understanding the growth of academic capitalism, as well as the gender gap in science, pursue more in-depth investigation of the interaction between gender, academic discipline, and UIRs. (Contains 5 footnotes, 7 tables, and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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