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Perceptions of gendered‐challenges in academia: How women academics see gender hierarchies as barriers to achievement

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  • Hande Eslen‐Ziya
  • Tevfik Murat Yildirim

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Despite the egalitarian and collegial philosophy in its ideals, academic market is segregated and gendered where women receive fewer rewards than their male counterparts, are under‐represented, segregated and excluded from participation in the formal and informal academic structures in academia. The country contexts, the gendered academic organizational settings as well as everyday interactions all play a major role not only in women's participation within academia, but also how they perceive their future in academic institutions. This research note, through an original survey with over 200 academics, attempts to study the latter assumption by looking at women academics' perceptions of their work life, their challenges, as well as aspirations. Our results show that those perceiving strong hierarchy in the realm of work are significantly more likely to believe that being woman in academia harms their job prospects. We also show that, not only were they pessimistic about the challenges facing them at the moment, but they were also more skeptical about women's potential in overcoming such challenges in the future.

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  • Hande Eslen‐Ziya & Tevfik Murat Yildirim, 2022. "Perceptions of gendered‐challenges in academia: How women academics see gender hierarchies as barriers to achievement," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(1), pages 301-308, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:29:y:2022:i:1:p:301-308
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12744
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    1. Esme Franken & Fleur Sharafizad & Kerry Brown, 2024. "Gender, vulnerabilities, and how the other becomes the otherer in academia," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(4), pages 1342-1365, July.
    2. Jennifer C. Davis & Eric Ping Hung Li & Mary Stewart Butterfield & Gino A. DiLabio & Nithi Santhagunam & Barbara Marcolin, 2022. "Are we failing female and racialized academics? A Canadian national survey examining the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on tenure and tenure‐track faculty," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 703-722, May.

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