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Higher Education, Leadership and Women Vice Chancellors : Fitting in to Communities of Practice of Masculinities.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education SeriesPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (168 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137444042
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Higher Education, Leadership and Women Vice ChancellorsLOC classification:
  • HQ12-449
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background to this research -- 1.2 The genesis of this research study -- 1.3 Themes emerging from the research -- 1.4 Contribution to knowledge -- 1.5 The shape of the book -- 2 Higher Education: The Gender Neutral Myth -- 2.1 Background to the literature -- 2.2 The negotiation and navigation of higher education -- 2.3 Higher education leadership as communities of practice of masculinities: 'Fixing the knowledge' -- 2.4 Achieving a critical mass of women at the top: 'Fixing the women' -- 3 Research Methodology and Research Participants -- 3.1 Ontological and epistemological influences -- 3.2 Interviewing -- 3.3 Analysis -- 4 Negotiating and Navigating Higher Education Gendered Leadership Cultures -- 4.1 Their lived experiences -- 4.2 Summary -- 5 Higher Education Leadership Communities of Practice of Masculinities -- 5.1 Practice as a source of coherence: Acceptable leadership -- 5.2 Negotiation of meaning: Defining leadership on a femininities/masculinities spectrum -- 5.3 Operates as a boundary: 'Fitting in' -- 5.4 Learning process: Impact of performing masculinities -- 5.5 Local practice: Sponsorship and support -- 5.6 Summary -- 6 Achieving a Critical Mass of Women at the Top -- 6.1 Tackling the status quo -- 6.2 The positive action dilemma -- 6.3 What difference will it make? -- 6.4 Summary -- 7 The Way Forward -- 7.1 Conclusions -- 7.2 Recommendations -- 7.3 Postscript -- References -- Index.
Summary: This book explores the contemporary conversation around the 'missing women at the top' across UK society through in-depth interviews with the (hitherto) silent voices of women vice chancellors.
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Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background to this research -- 1.2 The genesis of this research study -- 1.3 Themes emerging from the research -- 1.4 Contribution to knowledge -- 1.5 The shape of the book -- 2 Higher Education: The Gender Neutral Myth -- 2.1 Background to the literature -- 2.2 The negotiation and navigation of higher education -- 2.3 Higher education leadership as communities of practice of masculinities: 'Fixing the knowledge' -- 2.4 Achieving a critical mass of women at the top: 'Fixing the women' -- 3 Research Methodology and Research Participants -- 3.1 Ontological and epistemological influences -- 3.2 Interviewing -- 3.3 Analysis -- 4 Negotiating and Navigating Higher Education Gendered Leadership Cultures -- 4.1 Their lived experiences -- 4.2 Summary -- 5 Higher Education Leadership Communities of Practice of Masculinities -- 5.1 Practice as a source of coherence: Acceptable leadership -- 5.2 Negotiation of meaning: Defining leadership on a femininities/masculinities spectrum -- 5.3 Operates as a boundary: 'Fitting in' -- 5.4 Learning process: Impact of performing masculinities -- 5.5 Local practice: Sponsorship and support -- 5.6 Summary -- 6 Achieving a Critical Mass of Women at the Top -- 6.1 Tackling the status quo -- 6.2 The positive action dilemma -- 6.3 What difference will it make? -- 6.4 Summary -- 7 The Way Forward -- 7.1 Conclusions -- 7.2 Recommendations -- 7.3 Postscript -- References -- Index.

This book explores the contemporary conversation around the 'missing women at the top' across UK society through in-depth interviews with the (hitherto) silent voices of women vice chancellors.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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