Academic Careers and the Gender Gap
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2012
- Category
- General, Gender Studies, Women's Studies
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774823968
- Publish Date
- Aug 2012
- List Price
- $90.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774823975
- Publish Date
- Jan 2013
- List Price
- $32.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774823982
- Publish Date
- Aug 2012
- List Price
- $125.00
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Description
Women earn nearly half of all new PhDs in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Why, then, do they occupy a disproportionate number of the junior-level university positions while men occupy 80 percent of the more prestigious jobs? In Academic Careers and the Gender Gap Maureen Baker draws on candid interviews with male and female scholars, previous research, and her own thirty-eight-year academic career to explain the reasons behind this inequality. She argues that current university priorities and collegial relations often magnify the impact of gendered families and identities and perpetuate the gender gap. Tracing the evolution of university priorities and practices, Baker reveals significant and persistent differences in job security, working hours, rank, salary, job satisfaction, and career length between male and female scholars.
About the author
Maureen Baker is Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland.
Editorial Reviews
Academic Careers and the Gender Gap is an original study that offers valuable new insights on the gendering of academic work, especially with respect to the changing nature of the university context and the academic profession. A particular strength lies in the rich qualitative data that sheds valuable light on ongoing debates in the sociology of gender, work, and family.
Karen D. Hughes, Professor of Sociology and Business (Strategic Management and Organization), University of Alberta