- Title
- Senior women in higher education institutions : Perceived development needs and support
- Creator
- Tessens, Lucienne; White, Kate; Web, Claire
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/36076
- Identifier
- vital:4658
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2011.621191
- Identifier
- ISSN:1360-080X
- Abstract
- This paper analyses a survey of leadership development needs and current challenges of senior women at two different Australian universities. It found that their leadership development needs were quite similar: over 80 per cent of respondents considered that a senior women's leadership programme would provide knowledge and skills for leadership in the current tough working environment. The preferred content included skills in people management, political awareness, operational issues and career development, and preferred format was mentoring, peer networks, coaching and 360 degree feedback, and shadowing and mentoring at another university. The qualitative responses indicated several strong themes: the impact of excessive workloads and high levels of administration on their effectiveness; the need for peer and supervisor support and networks, underpinned by effective organisational skills and administrative support; and the gendering of careers, especially academic careers, evident in male colleagues receiving more support, resources and recognition. © 2011 Copyright 2011 Association for Tertiary Education Management and the L H Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management.
- Relation
- Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management Vol. 33, no. 6 (2011), p. 653-665
- Rights
- Copyright Association for Tertiary Education Management and the L H Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1605 Policy and Administration; 1301 Education Systems; 1303 Specialist Studies In Education; Development programmes; Gender; University management
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