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Cultural Barriers to Women's Progression in Academic Careers: A France‐Brazil Comparison Through the Lens of the Queen Bee Phenomena

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  • Catherine Esnard

    (CeRCA [Poitiers, Tours] - Centre de recherches sur la cognition et l'apprentissage [UMR 7295] - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - UT - Université de Tours - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Rebeca da Rocha Grangeiro

    (UPN SSA - Université Paris Nanterre - UFR Sciences sociales et administration - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre, LAPPS - Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre)

Abstract

Despite significant improvements, women are still underrepresented at high levels in academia. Most research on these inequalities is conducted within a specific national academic system, without taking into account its cultural roots. The aim of the present study was to analyze the extent to which the cultural context acts as a barrier on women's career progression. Specifically, we focused on psychological processes described under the metaphor of Queen Bee Phenomenon that may reflect the ways in which female academics conform to male-gender roles encoded in androcentric social and academic culture. Two samples of women academic, one French (N = 73), the other Brazilian (N = 88), were compared through the lens of two dimension of the Queen Bee Phenomena: self-group distancing and gender hierarchy legitimation. Brazilian women identify more with their female peer group than their French counterparts. French women are more hostile to quotas and more inclined to adhere to meritocratic discourses than their Brazilian counterparts. Both academic contexts tend to perpetuate gender inequalities, but in different ways: by maintaining gender-stereotypical expectations in Brazil and meritocratic ideology in France. The implications for policies to promote a more egalitarian university context are discussed herein.

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  • Catherine Esnard & Rebeca da Rocha Grangeiro, 2024. "Cultural Barriers to Women's Progression in Academic Careers: A France‐Brazil Comparison Through the Lens of the Queen Bee Phenomena," Post-Print hal-04750608, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04750608
    DOI: 10.1111/sjop.13078
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    1. Rebeca da Rocha Grangeiro & Manoel Bastos Gomes Neto & Catherine Esnard, 2022. "Women in leadership positions in universities: are they really queen bees?," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 46(5), pages 739-754, August.
    2. Thierry Fouque & Carole Drucker-Godard & Mathilde Gollety & Alice Le Flanchec, 2017. "Enseignant-chercheur au féminin : la place des femmes dans les universités," Post-Print hal-01655528, HAL.
    3. Lima, João Paulo Resende de & Casa Nova, Silvia Pereira de Castro & Vendramin, Elisabeth de Oliveira, 2024. "Sexist academic socialization and feminist resistance: (de)constructing women’s (dis)placement in Brazilian accounting academia," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
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