Creating Status of Women Reports: Institutional Housekeeping as &amp;quot;Women's Work&amp;quot;

Bird, Sharon R.; Litt, Jacquelyn; Wang, Yong

doi:10.1353/nwsa.2004.0027

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“…Moreover, while teaching quality is reportedly female-dominated, the research realm is more male-dominated (Morley 2003). This results in a larger proportion of women being responsible for student-focused services (in "institutional housekeeping" roles, Bird et al 2004), which are undervalued, while men are the ones being praised because they have greater publication numbers and their publications have more impact (Chubb and Derrick 2020). That being the case, the most commonly used academic performance metrics benefits men over women.…”

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Why we shouldn’t blame women for gender disparity in academia: perspectives of women in zoology

Slobodian¹,

Soares²,

Falaschi³

et al. 2021

Zoologia

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The following letter, from a network of women zoologists, is a reply to the article of AlShebli et al. (2020), which suggests that female protégés reap more benefits when mentored by men and concludes that female mentors hinder the success of their female protégés and the quality of their impact. This contribution has two parts. First, we highlight the most relevant methodological flaws which, in our opinion, may have impacted the conclusions of AlShebli et al. (2020). Second, we discuss issues pertaining to women in science, bring a perspective of Women in Zoology and discuss how current diversity policies are positively changing our field.

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confidence: 99%

Why we shouldn’t blame women for gender disparity in academia: perspectives of women in zoology

Slobodian¹,

Soares²,

Falaschi³

et al. 2021

Zoologia

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“…As such, the storylines expressing the expectation of singlehandedly (It's a solitary duty) providing high-quality education (You have to keep a certain level) should be analyzed from a gender perspective. In fact, these results might be a reflection of the gendered structures of academia in which women are affected by higher demands of administrative tasks (Brooks & MacKinnon 2001;Davies 2006;Leonard 2001;Mama 2003;Wilson et al 2010) and are expected to focus on teaching and/or administration (Carvalho & Santiago 2010;Guarino & Borden 2017), where female senior lecturers manage everyday duties related to other people, sometimes defined as institutional housekeeping, to a higher extent than men (Bird et al 2004;Guarino & Borden 2017).…”

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The Invisible Civil Servant: How Female Senior Lecturers in Sweden Narrate Work

Wall

2020

NJWLS

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This article examines the public administration role of university personnel who are state employees by analyzing female senior lecturers’ stories on working in Swedish universities, especially regarding how their role as a civil servant is narrated as part of their work. A performative narrative approach was used to analyze the in-depth interviews of four female senior lecturers at Swedish universities. Through the analysis, three shared storylines emerged: I don’t think of myself as a civil servant; You have to keep a certain level and It’s a solitary duty.The study revealed how the senior lecturer position was narrated by the interviewees in terms of duties to students and the public and the lack of efficient social support and knowledge.The findings are discussed as gendered expressions of working as a female senior lecturer in Sweden.

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“…Write more articles that are published internationally, do more training sessions, help with the academic housework that is not always meritorious. But it is work for the collective best (Bird, Litt and Wang, 2004;Kalm, 2019). It is about gaining acceptance and recognition in this profession despite a heavy workload.…”

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“It will be difficult for you to move on from this…” An Autoethnographic Study of Hitting the Glass Ceiling in an Academic Recruitment Process

Alvinius

2022

Rev. sociol. (Online)

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This narrative is an autoethnographic study of how discrimination and prejudice counteract the academic meritocratic system. In Sweden, which is one of the most gender-equal countries in the world, opposition to gender equality and prejudices against what is considered the Other can be hidden and thus reproduced in decision-making processes and structures. This narrative shows how a professorial recruitment process bypassed the meritocratic system i.e., the system in which qualifications and educational results in combination with the individual’s achievements should play the greatest role in the promotion process. This is a story about how the supposed meritocracy is twisted and manipulated within university contexts and how the “temperament” of a foreign female researcher is utilised to exclude her from entering through the coveted doors of academic departments. Different experiences, characterised by demanding conditions, have been analysed with the help of gender theoretical perspectives, opposition to gender equality, intercultural perspectives and a number of social psychological perspectives linked to prejudice. The description is interwoven with previous experiences from younger years, which together contribute to an increased understanding of the individual narrative and its specific context.

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Creating Status of Women Reports: Institutional Housekeeping as "Women's Work"

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Why we shouldn’t blame women for gender disparity in academia: perspectives of women in zoology

Why we shouldn’t blame women for gender disparity in academia: perspectives of women in zoology

The Invisible Civil Servant: How Female Senior Lecturers in Sweden Narrate Work

“It will be difficult for you to move on from this…” An Autoethnographic Study of Hitting the Glass Ceiling in an Academic Recruitment Process

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