Generation and Gender in Academia
Published on 27. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 212 pages
978-1-349-44381-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first cross-cultural analysis of the differences in career trajectories and experiences between a senior group of women academics and a younger group who are at early and mid-career stages. Major themes in the autobiographical stories of these women were national context; organisational context; family, class and location; and agency.
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Edition
1st ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 212 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-44381-9 (9781349443819)
DOI
10.1057/9781137269171
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
B. Bagilhole | K. White
Generation and Gender in Academia
Book
07/2013
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Persons
Teresa Carvalho, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, CIPES, Portugal
Jenny Neale University of Wellington, New Zealand
Pat O'Connor, University of Limerick, Ireland
Özlem Özkanl?, Ankara University, Turkey
Helen Peterson, Uppsala University, Sweden
Heidi Prozesky, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Content
PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Context; Barbara Bagilhole and Kate White PART II: REFLECTIONS OF WOMEN IN ACADEMIA 2. A Standard Academic Career?; Pat O'Connor 3. Shaping an Academic Belonging: The Interloper Syndrome by Gender and Class; Barbara Bagilhole 4. A Mature Age Student; Jenny Neale 5. A Non-typical Academic Career; Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor 6. An Outsider in Academia; Kate White PART III: THE NEXT GENERATION 7. Careers of Early and Mid-career Academics; Teresa Carvalho, Ozlem Ozkanl?, Heidi Prozesky and Helen Peterson PART IV: EXPLORING GENERATIONAL CHANGE 8. Continuity and Change in Academic Careers; Kate White and Barbara Bagilhole