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Heijstra, Thamar Melanie; Steinthorsdóttir, Finnborg Salome; Einarsdóttir, Thorgerdur – Gender and Education, 2017
Internationalisation, competition and performance orientation are nowadays essential in the managing and financing of universities. This pattern has intensified with the austerity measures and fiscal consolidation that followed the financial crisis in 2008. This article examines the academic labour process and career making of academics from a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Work Environment, Focus Groups, Teacher Attitudes
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Moreau, Marie-Pierre; Osgood, Jayne; Halsall, Anna – Gender and Education, 2007
There is extensive evidence of a "glass ceiling" for women across the labour market. Though schools have widely been described as "feminized" work environments, the under-representation of women at school management level is well established. Based on a study of women teachers' careers and promotion in the English school sector…
Descriptors: Family Work Relationship, Discourse Analysis, Managerial Occupations, Labor Market