Women Professors Who Makes It and How? /

• Main Authors: Diezmann, Carmel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Grieshaber, Susan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Higher education.; Educational sociology.; Sociology.; Higher Education.; Sociology of Education.; Gender Studies.

This book explores the career paths of Australian women who have succeeded in achieving professorships and beyond, where for the most part, such positions are predominately occupied by males. It also explores the gendered culture that exists across faculties and universities as reported by participa...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Women in the Professoriate
• 2 The Higher the Fewer
• 3 Climbing the Ladder
• 4 Research Context and Design
• 5 Research Kaleidoscope
• 6 Snakes and Ladders
• 7 The Boy' Club
• 8 Luck, the Double Edged Sword
• 9 Critical Events and Academic Women's Career Profiles
• 10 Navigating Rush Hours.