“That's not how I see it”: female and male perspectives on the academic role
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a piece of empirical work that examines gender differences in how academics make sense of performance within university business schools in the UK.
Design/methodology/approach
The research reported draws on data collected using a life history and repertory grid methodology with male and female interviewees from two university business schools.
Findings
The findings are discussed in relation to how academics understand what is valued about their role and what they believe the organisation rewards and values when it comes to promotion. Gender differences are shown to exist in the ways women and men define the academic role and in what they think is important both to themselves and the institution.
Originality/value
The paper presents original data on gender differences within a business school context.
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Citation
Shaw, S. and Cassell, C. (2007), "“That's not how I see it”: female and male perspectives on the academic role", Women in Management Review, Vol. 22 No. 6, pp. 497-515. https://doi.org/10.1108/09649420710778727
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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