Higher Education, Leadership and Women Vice Chancellors : Fitting in to Communities of Practice of Masculinities / by P. Burkinshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burkinshaw, P., Author.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education, 2524-6453

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Strategic planning.

Leadership.

Educational sociology.

Education, Higher.

Gender Studies.

Business Strategy and Leadership.

Sociology of Education.

Higher Education.

Local Subjects:

Gender Studies.

Business Strategy and Leadership.

Sociology of Education.

Higher Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why are there so few women vice chancellors in UK higher education? In this book, Paula Burkinshaw explores the contemporary conversation around the 'missing women at the top' across UK society through in-depth interviews with the (hitherto) silent voices of women vice chancellors. These women have successfully negotiated with and navigated the gendered leadership cultures of higher education throughout their careers and speak of the masculine communities of their workplaces. Advocating the need to achieve a critical mass of women at the top, this book suggests there is still much to be done in the higher education sphere.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Introduction2. Higher Education: The Gender Neutral Myth3. Research Metholodogy and Research Participants4. Negotiating and Navigating Higher Education Gendered Leadership Cultures5. Higher Education Leadership Communities of Practice of Masculinities6. Achieving a Critical Mass of Women at the Top7. The Way Forward.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137444035

1137444037