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A tale of three associate professors: A grassroots approach to supporting women in higher education

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  • Christine Thong
  • Melissa A Wheeler
  • Jessica L Mackelprang
  • Mahnaz Shafiei
  • Helana Scheepers
  • Virginia Kilborn

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In higher education, gender imbalances continue to persist, particularly at senior academic levels and in university leadership. To explore practical ways to address this disparity, a grassroots initiative was established at an Australian University in 2015 and has grown into an ecosystem of mentoring and support for career advancement of academic women. Challenges and successes of the initiative from 8 years of operation are presented through a teaching case accompanied by teaching notes, including different benefits of grassroots initiatives for gender equity to both organisation and individuals. JEL Classification: M14, J16

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  • Christine Thong & Melissa A Wheeler & Jessica L Mackelprang & Mahnaz Shafiei & Helana Scheepers & Virginia Kilborn, 2023. "A tale of three associate professors: A grassroots approach to supporting women in higher education," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 48(4), pages 769-779, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ausman:v:48:y:2023:i:4:p:769-779
    DOI: 10.1177/03128962231188453
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    Keywords

    Academic women; career development; diversity management; gender equity; grassroots initiative; mentoring; organisational change;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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