Women's advancement in universities / guest editors: Liz Doherty and Simonetta Manfredi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doherty, Liz.

Manfredi, Simonetta.

Series:

Employee Relations, the international journal ; 28, no. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Education.

Women.

Women college students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (110 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The articles for this e-book were all selected from papers presented at the Fourth European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education (HE) which was held in Oxford in the summer of 2005. The conference was aimed at academics and practitioners who share an interest in understanding the processes that disadvantage women in universities, and in evaluating measures intended to promote gender equality. The papers which have been selected here address issues concerned with women's career advancement in universities. Some explore formal mechanisms for progression, and how women fare in advan

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Academic women's promotions in Australian universities; Does excellence have a gender?; Not tokens: reaching a "critical mass" of senior women managers; Women's progression to senior positions in English universities; Mentoring for gender equality and organisational change; Gender and academic career trajectories in Spain; Awards for Excellence;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-70555-8

9786610705559

1-84663-187-4

OCLC:

77010583