Doing Good and Feeling Bad: The Work of Women University Teachers.

Acker, Sandra; Feuerverger, Grace

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ERIC Number: EJ572596

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Doing Good and Feeling Bad: The Work of Women University Teachers.

Acker, Sandra; Feuerverger, Grace

Cambridge Journal of Education, v26 n3 p401-22 Nov 1996

Explores consequences of the gendered division of labor in Canadian university faculties of education. Interviewees reported working hard but feeling disappointed by the results. Argues that this is related to the academic reward system and to expectations of harder work from women. Explores individual and structural explanations of the findings. (DSK)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Promotion, Females, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction, Schools of Education, Self Concept, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Women Faculty

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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