Titelübersetzung:Führend in der Bildung auf allen Kontinenten
Autor/in:
Macha, Hildegard; Bauer, Quirin J.
Quelle: Gender : Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, Jg. 2 (2011) H. 3, S. 134-142
Inhalt: "WissenschaftlerInnen aus der ganzen Welt gründeten 2007 auf einer Konferenz in Rom das Netzwerk Women Leading Education Across the Continents (WLE). Ziel war es, einen qualitativen und quantitativen Überblick über Frauen in Führungspositionen im Bildungssystem (Schul- und Hochschulwesen) zu erhalten. Das Netzwerk verfolgt mehrere Ziele: eine Datensammlung zu Frauen in Führungspositionen im Bildungswesen weltweit; die Untersuchung von Gründen, die das Erreichen einer Führungsposition erleichtern oder erschweren; eine Unterfütterung dieser Daten anhand einer Analyse der Biografien der WLE-Mitglieder; die Einflussnahme auf Forschung, Politik und Praxis mithilfe von Publikationen und einem Online-Gender-Audit." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Scholars across the globe created the Women Leading in Education Across the Continents (WLE) group at a conference held in Rome in 2007. The goal was to fill a knowledge vacuum; an understanding of the status of women in educational leadership, in both basic and higher education, from both a qualitative and quantitative view. The group emerged with the following goals: to gather data from an increasing number of countries across all continents regarding the number of women represented in positions of leadership in education; to describe issues that are either barriers or facilitators regarding the ability of women to attain the highest levels of educational leadership; to bring those issues to life through an analysis of the lives and stories of women within the group; to impact research, policy making and practice through publications and an online gender audit." (author's abstract)
Building careers, transforming institutions : underrepresented women and minorities, leadership opportunities, and interinstitutional networking
Autor/in:
Niemeier, D.A.; Smith, Vicki
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 11 (2005) No. 2, S. 181-196
Inhalt: "Transforming universities does not occur exclusively as a result of the actions of current university leaders but additionally requires the collective efforts of women who are interested in mobility and opportunity for women across the board, and who are committed to changing the broad work environment for women in the academy. In engineering, the representation of women in mid-career and senior-level faculty positions remains very low, with even fewer women assuming leadership positions such as department chair or research center director. In this article, we examine outcomes of the National Science Foundation sponsored 1st Women in Engineering Leadership Conference in the fall of 2000. The conference was designed to enable women engineers to develop the types of network that can facilitate transition to leadership positions. With an analysis of data gathered from surveys at three points in time, we track the issues that were salient to women who were considering leadership roles (both obstacles to and aspirations for); identify the benefits accrued from participation in the conference and from subsequent networking activities; and propose future interventions that may enhance and promote interinstitutional networking." (author's abstract)
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 10 (2004) No. 2, S. 161-177
Inhalt: "Women today constitute over half of the U.S. population and almost half of its overall workforce, yet they make up less than a quarter of the science and engineering workforce. Many historical and social factors contribute to this discrepancy, and numerous individual, institutional, and governmental attempts have been made to redress it. However, many of the efforts to promote, include, and engage girls and women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and professions have been made in isolation. At Kansas State University, the authors have begun a systemic effort to increase the participation of girls and women in STEM. This article describes the creation and initial activities of a network of partners that includes universities, school districts, corporations, governmental agencies, and nonprofit organizations, assembled under the aegis of a project supported by funding from the National Science Foundation." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Netzwerke und Organisationen
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
"Peripheral and subversive" : women making connections and challenging the boundaries of the science community
Autor/in:
Davis, Kathleen S.
Quelle: Science education, Vol. 85 (2001) No. 4, S. 368-409
Inhalt: "Researchers continue to report the underrepresentation of females in the science professions (AAUW, 1992; NSF, 1999; Vetter, 1992). Investigators have illuminated many factors that contribute to the insider status in the science community of some groups and the peripheral/outsider status of women and girls (Brickhouse, 1994; Delamont, 1989; Harding, 1991; Schiebinger, 1989). Some research has shown that supportive science networks have had a positive influence on women's participation and retention in science practices (AAUW, 1992; Keith & Keith, 1989; Kreinberg & Lewis, 1996; Varanka-Martin, 1996). In order to provide a better understanding of the role social capital plays in women's legitimate participation in science, I draw upon the findings of a qualitative study that examines the valued capital, ways, and practices of a support group for women working in the sciences at an academic research institution. Findings from this study indicate how women 1) were given little access to powerful networks in science that would provide them with opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to be legitimate in the traditional sense, and 2) encountered many obstacles in their attempts to develop networks and make such connections between themselves and other women. Findings also indicate that, despite these impediments, the support group provided a meaningful and resourceful network through which they developed a critical perspective of legitimacy as they sought to make explicit the culture of science. Participants not only employed the traditional methods of scientific inquiry, but also acknowledged and valued the voices and experiences of those from nondominant groups. They constructed a new discourse that was inclusive of diverse voices, created new career pathways, and developed a vision of mentoring that facilitated females' development of a critical view of the science community and their legitimate participation." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Netzwerke und Organisationen, Wissenschaft als Beruf
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Geschlechterungleichheit und Elite-Netzwerke in vierundzwanzig Industriegesellschaften
Titelübersetzung:Gender inequality and national elite networks in twenty-four industrialized societies
Autor/in:
Moore, Gwen; White, Deborah
Quelle: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Sonderheft, (2001) H. 41, S. 136-151
Inhalt: "Weltweit sind in den Spitzenpositionen von Politik und Wirtschaft praktisch nur Männer zu finden. Ein wichtiger Grund für die massive Untervertretung der Frauen sind informelle Mechanismen: Männer gewinnen leichter Zugang zu Mentoren und einflussreichen Netzwerken als Frauen. Auf der Basis von Daten der Comparative Leadership Study, die in 24 Industrienationen durchgeführt wurde, soll im folgenden untersucht werden, inwieweit Frauen in Spitzenpositionen aus den informellen Elite-Netzwerken ausgeschlossen sind und was die Gründe dafür sind. Insbesondere interessiert die Frage, ob die Geschlechterunterschiede überall gleich sind oder ob sie je nach Land und Sektor (Politik vs. Wirtschaft) variieren. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschiede geringer sind als vermutet: Frauen in vergleichbarer Position und mit ähnlichen familiären Bedingungen haben kaum weniger informelle Kontakte als Männer. Dies weist darauf hin, dass die größte Hürde für Frauen nach wie vor darin besteht, Spitzenpositionen überhaupt zu erreichen." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Throughout the world men hold the overwhelming majority of top political and business posts. Scholars considering explanations for women's rarity in economic and political elite positions have identified numerous individual and structural factors. Among these factors are informal mechanisms - such as the importance of mentoring or inclusion in powerful informal networks - that might work to maintain male advantage in leadership positions, even when some women have attained them. This paper investigates the putative informal isolation of the small number of women in elite posts. We use data from the Comparative Leadership Study, a survey of over 1200 women and men in equivalent elite positions in politics and business in 24 industrialized nations. Results indicate some male advantage in elite interaction within and across political and economic organizations in these industrialized nations. Still, this research offers some reason for optimism about increasing gender equality in national elites. When women business and political leaders have personal and organizational characteristics equivalent to their men counterparts, their disadvantage in male-centered networks of power is negligible. These rare 'women at the top' appear to be less disadvantaged in their performance and networking in elite positions than in achieving such a position in the first place." (author's abstract)