Higher education, leadership and women vice chancellors : fitting in to communities of practice of masculinities /

"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. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burkinshaw, Paula (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Colección:Palgrave studies in gender and education.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Administration.
Educational leadership.
Women college administrators.
Women in higher education.
Sex discrimination in higher education.
Masculinity > Social aspects.
Organizational change.
Sociology.
Education, Higher.
Enseignement supérieur > Administration.
Leadership en éducation.
Administratrices d'université.
Femmes dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Masculinité > Aspect social.
Changement organisationnel.
Sociologie.
Enseignement supérieur.
sociology.
higher education.
Gender studies: women.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
EDUCATION > Higher.
EDUCATION > Leadership.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Masculinity > Social aspects
Education, Higher > Administration
Educational leadership
Organizational change
Sex discrimination in higher education
Women college administrators
Women in higher education
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137444042
1137444045
9781137444059
1137444053
1137444037
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