Supporting Academic Women’s Careers: Male and Female Academics’ Perspectives at a Chinese Research University

Exploring the desires to become academics: Reflections of academic women in Chinese non‐elite public universities

“…As highlighted in Horta and Tang's (2023a) study, societal expectations and gender stereotypes in Chinese society require women to make concessions, perpetuating lower aspirations and positions in the academic career. Therefore, women who remain at the associate professor level until retirement may be perceived as acceptable and reasonable (the same does not apply to men), which in turn hinders the need for changes to promote women's advancement (Tang & Horta, 2023). This could also clarify why late-career academic women in this study are observed to persist at the associate professor level or below.…”

Znikający naukowcy. Co ustrukturyzowane Big Data mówią nam o rezygnacji z nauki w 38 krajach OECD?

“…Badania pokazują, że kobiety są niewystarczająco reprezentowane na wyższych stanowiskach akademickich; rzadziej współpracują na arenie międzynarodowej w zakresie badań, rzadziej publikują w czasopismach o dużym wpływie i jednocześnie są mniej cytowane w porównaniu z mężczyznami. Ponadto kobiety częściej doświadczają dłuższych przerw w karierze naukowej, a ich wnioski grantowe są częściej odrzucane w krajowych instytucjach finansujących badania (Fochler i in., 2016;Hammarfeld, 2017;Kwiek & Roszka, 2021a, 2021bLindahl, 2018;Shibayama & Baba, 2015;Sugimoto & LariviPre, 2023;Tang & Horta, 2023). W większości dyscyplin STEMM kobiety podejmują pracę akademicką w otoczeniu zdominowanym przez mężczyzn, w którym mogą doświadczać tradycyjnie diagnozowanego i teoretycznie badanego "chłodnego klimatu" (chilly climate) wobec kobiet (Santos i in., 2020; globalny rozkład mężczyzn i kobiet w nauce i jego ewolucję w ostatnim trzydziestoleciu analizujemy w Kwiek i Szymula 2023).…”

Quantifying Attrition in Science: A Cohort-Based, Longitudinal Study of Scientists in 38 OECD Countries

“…Male scientists, female scientists, and attrition in science Both young male and female scientists face various barriers to entering and pursuing academic careers (Preston, 2004;Wohrer, 2014); however, attrition has traditionally been examined as a specifically female-dominated phenomenon: women have been reported as facing "chilly" workplace cultures, difficulties in maintaining work-life balance, and hardship surviving motherhood periods while working in academia (Cornelius et al, 1988;Goulden et al, 2011;Levine et al, 2011;Maranto & Griffin, 2011;White-Lewis et al, 2023;Wolfinger et al, 2008). The major dimensions of these barriers are academic promotions, research productivity, scholarly impact, access to research grants, awards, as well as recognition for scholarly achievements: women are under-represented in senior academic positions; have a lower likelihood of collaborating internationally in research, publishing in high-impact journals, and being highly cited; as well as a higher likelihood of longer career breaks and grant rejections (Fochler et al, 2016;Hammarfelt, 2017;Kwiek & Roszka, 2021a, 2021bLindahl, 2018;Shibayama & Baba, 2015;Sugimoto & Larivière, 2023;Tang & Horta, 2023). In the majority of STEMM disciplines, women enter predominantly maledominated environments in which "old boy" networks operate and where a "chilly climate" dominates (Santos et al, 2020).…”