Higher Education, Leadership and Women Vice Chancellors: Fitting in to Communities of Practice of Masculinities

ISBN-13: 9781137444035 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 156 str.

Paula Burkinshaw

Opis

This book 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.

Recenzje

"Yes, we should make public the evidence that Burkinshaw cites (including excellent research by Louise Morley) that points to various powerful forms of discrimination against women." - Times Higher Education

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Higher Education: The Gender Neutral Myth 3. Research Metholodogy and Research Participants 4. Negotiating and Navigating Higher Education Gendered Leadership Cultures 5. Higher Education Leadership Communities of Practice of Masculinities 6. Achieving a Critical Mass of Women at the Top 7. The Way Forward

O autorze

Paula Burkinshaw is a Senior Research Fellow at Leeds University Centre for Interdisciplinary Leadership, UK who is fascinated by 'the missing women' in leadership and gendered leadership cultures.