Findigkeit in unsicheren Zeiten: Einleitung und Anliegen des Buches
Titelübersetzung:Resourcefulness in uncertain times: introduction and subject of the book
Autor/in:
Solga, Heike; Huschka, Denis; Eilsberger, Patricia; Wagner, Gert G.
Quelle: Findigkeit in unsicheren Zeiten: Ergebnisse des Expertisenwettbewerbs "Arts and Figures - GeisteswissenschaftlerInnen im Beruf". Bd. 1. Heike Solga (Hrsg.), Denis Huschka (Hrsg.), Patricia Eilsberger (Hrsg.), Gert G. Wagner (Hrsg.). Opladen: Budrich UniPress, 2008, S. 9-13
Inhalt: Der vorliegende Beitrag führt in die Thematik des Bandes ein. Dieser beschäftigt sich mit der Situation von Geisteswissenschaftlern und Geisteswissenschaftlerinnen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, insbesondere mit möglichen Benachteiligungen dieser Berufsgruppe im Vergleich zu anderen Akademikern. Der Band will auf empirischer Grundlage aktuelle Möglichkeiten und zukünftige Chancen der Berufsgruppe der Geisteswissenschaftler erarbeiten. Im einzelnen werden folgende Themenfelder diskutiert: (1) berufliche Chancen und Alternativen für GeisteswissenschaftlerInnen; (2) Berufserfolg von GeisteswissenschaftlerInnen in Deutschland zwischen 1985 und 2004; (3) Determinanten des Arbeitsmarkterfolgs von GeisteswissenschaftlerInnen; (4) Entwicklung eines Berufsbildes 'Freie Forscher/in' an der Schnittstelle zwischen Universität und Wissensgesellschaft; (5) Hochschule und wissenschaftliches Volontariat am Museum im Wandel der Europäischen Hochschulreform; (6) soziale Ungleichheit von Geisteswissenschaftlern im Beruf; (7) Geisteswissenschaftler in den USA - Promotion und Karrierewege im Spiegel der Bildungsforschung. Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt in Kurzform die Befunde der empirischen Untersuchungen vor. (ICC2)
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 10 (2004) No. 4, S. 297-316
Inhalt: "This article presents quantitative results of a study of 139 academic women in the chemical sciences who participated in a professional development program sponsored by the Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists. The study investigated variables frequently examined in the vocational psychology of women: approaches to achievement, coping strategies, career advancement, the home-work interface, workplace climate, and mentoring. The article presents and discusses results in the context of unique issues faced by women in scientific careers." (author's abstract)
Quelle: Science Scope, Vol. 24 (2001) No. 8, S. 49-51
Inhalt: "This article points out the challenges female scientists have in obtaining recognition and discusses why the percentage of women in science is low; explains how teachers can help." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Wissenschaft als Beruf
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)
Negotiating the glass ceiling : careers of senior women in the academic world
Herausgeber/in:
David, Miriam; Woodward, Diana
Quelle: London: Falmer Press, 1998. VI, 216 S.
Inhalt: "Why is it that in many universities the number of women professors can literally be counted on the fingers of one hand, while the men number in the hundreds? Why are women academics so relatively disadvantaged and men so firmly in control?In an attempt to find answers to these questions, Negotiating the Glass Ceiling gathers together the unique personal reflections of sixteen eminent women working in higher education across the world. These reflections document some of the changing patterns of women's lives in higher education since the war, a time of massive social change within higher education itself, as well as in women's lives outside higher education. They also illustrate that the changes that have occurred have been hard won and not without consequencesfor the women involved. The book is divided into three sections. The first four accounts provide an international perspective, followed by six pioneering women's accounts of transforming academe. The last section contains varied accounts of women still developing their careers in the 'man-centred university' sector. All these stories bear witness to the wide tapestry of cultural, socio-economic andeducational change and how they have been experienced within the field of higher education by this unique blend of challenging women. As we move towards the millenium, what lessons can we draw about the future from them?" (authors' abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Wissenschaft als Beruf
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
The temporal dimension of gender inequality in academia
Titelübersetzung:Die zeitliche Dimension der Frauenbenachteiligung in akademischen Berufen
Autor/in:
Toren, Nina
Quelle: Higher education : the international journal of higher education and educational planning, Vol. 25 (1993) No. 4, S. 439-455
Inhalt: Die zeitliche Dimension von akademischen Berufsverläufen wird in diesem Beitrag als Erklärungsansatz für die Ungleichheit zwischen den Geschlechtern beim beruflichen Aufstieg untersucht. In diesem Konzept wird die Aufmerksamkeit von der Person auf das organisatorische Umfeld gelenkt, und die bei Frauen erwartete längere Zeitspanne zwischen den einzelnen Karriereschritten wird als Bestandteil der Strukturen von akademischen Institutionen und der akademischen Kultur angesehen. Die Autorin untermauert ihre Analyse mit empirischen Ergebnissen über die israelischen Universitäten und Beispielen von ähnlichen Strukturen in amerikanischen und europäischen Hochschulen. (IAB)
Inhalt: "This paper examines gender inequality in academic careers by applying Merton's concept of 'socially expected durations' (SEDs). Women's relatively slower advancement along the academic hierarchy has been traditionally attributed to their traits and constraints. The concept of SED shifts attention from the individual to the organizational level, and the actual and expected augmented durations between promotions for women are viewed as part of the structural arrangements of academic institutions and their culture. It is argued that because of the distinct characteristics of academic careers, time-in-rank is an important dimension distinguishing among otherwise very uniform occupational roles and career patterns. The implications of conceptualizing career discrepancies in terms of socially expected durations are discussed." (author's abstract, IAB-Doku)