Female Administrative Managers in Australian Universities: Not Male and Not Academic

Autor/inn/en	Wallace, Michelle; Marchant, Teresa
Titel	Female Administrative Managers in Australian Universities: Not Male and Not Academic
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 33 (2011) 6, S.567-581 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
DOI	10.1080/1360080X.2011.621184
Schlagwörter	Females; Middle Management; Gender Issues; Gender Discrimination; College Administration; Women Administrators; Womens Education; Womens Studies; Leadership Styles; Mail Surveys; Questionnaires; Barriers; Performance Factors; Feminism; Personnel Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Mittlere Führungskraft; Geschlechterfrage; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Weibliche Führungskraft; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Führungsstil; Erhebungsinstrument; Fragebogen; Leistungsindikator; Feminismus; Personalpolitik
Abstract	Women make up 65 per cent of the staff in Australian universities who do not perform academic work. While there is a growing body of research on women in senior management and the experiences of female academics in Australian universities, there is less literature on women working in the administrative stream, especially those in middle management. Using a national sample of 172 university female middle managers, the paper reports on issues for this under-researched cohort. Despite a prevailing Australian paradigm of equal opportunity and anti-discrimination, women commented on many instances of discrimination, masculine culture, inflexibility regarding their carer responsibilities, lack of recognition and opportunity and an academic/administrative divide that was gender inflected. A number of women also queried whether female managers should adopt masculine management styles. Despite indications from this research and the literature that gender issues are worse in other sectors, the numerous comments in this research paint a picture of continued male hegemony that devalues and marginalises administrative women's contribution in the management of Australian universities. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10