The gendered shaping of University Leadership in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom
- Authors: White, Kate , Bagilhole, Barbara , Riordan, Sarah
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Higher Education Quarterly Vol. 66, no. 3 (2012), p. 293-307
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- Description: This article analyses career trajectories into university management in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK), skills required to operate effectively and the power of vice-chancellors (VCs) and their impact on the gendered shaping of university leadership. It is based on qualitative research with 56 male and female senior managers. The research found that the typical career path was modelled on male academic careers. Not surprisingly, in South Africa and the UK the perception of the top university leader was of a man but in Australia, where more women have been VCs, there was no such assumption. Characteristics valued in university leaders in Australia and South Africa were 'soft' leadership traits, but in the UK 'hard' aggressive and competitive leadership prevailed. VCs are enormously powerful and can shape the gender balance in management teams and thereby potentially broadening leadership styles beyond the predominant transactional model to include transformational leadership. © 2012 The Authors. Higher Education Quarterly © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
The context
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Generation and gender in Academia. Chapter 1 p. 3-20
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Introduction : Building a feminist research network
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Book chapter , Editorial
- Relation: Gender, Power and Management: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Higher Education Introduction p. 1-19
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Continuity and change in academic careers
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Generation and Gender in Academia p. 169-195
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Gender, power and management: A cross-cultural analysis of higher education
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Book
- Relation: Gender, Power and Management: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Higher Education
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- Description: Women are now part of senior management in higher education (HE) to varying degrees in most countries and actively contribute to the vision and strategic direction of universities. This book attempts to analyse their impact and potential impact on both organisational growth and culture. © Barbara Bagilhole and Kate White 2011. Individual chapters, the contributors 2011. All rights reserved.
Generation and gender in academia
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: The first cross-cultural analysis of the differences in career trajectories and experiences between a senior group of women academics and a younger group who are at early and mid-career stages. Major themes in the autobiographical stories of these women were national context; organisational context; family, class and location; and agency. © Barbara Bagilhole and Kate White 2013. Individual chapters, Respective authors 2013. All rights reserved.
Towards interventions for senior women in higher education
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Gender, Power and Management: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Higher Education p. 192-205
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