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Gender Inequality in Academic Leadership: Bangladesh, China and Finland
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Vuokko Kohtamäki; Gaoming Zheng; Nasrin Jinia – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
The importance of gender equality in academic leadership has been widely recognised, yet this issue has been underexplored outside the Anglo-Saxon countries. In this systematic review, we analysed 62 academic articles on women's academic leadership in Bangladesh (15), China (17) and Finland (30), published between 2000 and 2021. Our study revealed…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Cultural Influences, Cross Cultural Studies, Leadership Role
Advancing Women's Representation in Top Academic Positions -- What Works?
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Drange, Ida; Pietilä, Maria; Reisel, Liza; Silander, Charlotte – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Which gender equality measures do Nordic universities use, and to what extent are the measures effective in increasing the share of women in top academic positions? Based on theories that distinguish between actor and structure-oriented measures, and between strategies of inclusion and transformation, we identified four types of measures: career…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Females, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), College Faculty
The Re-Production Process of Gender Bias: A Case of ICT Professors through Recruitment in a Gender-Neutral Country
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Tiainen, Tarja; Berki, Eleni – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Women's under-representation in the fields of science and technology is strong; both in software houses and academic posts. We focus on the academic field by gender sensitive analysis of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) academics. The general picture given by statistics' meta-analyses illustrates male dominance even in Finland, which…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Science Education, Technology Education, Information Technology
Family-Friendly Policies and Gender Bias in Academia
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Mayer, Audrey L.; Tikka, Paivi M. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2008
Several recent reports on the status of women in US academic institutions have recommended more generous family policies to encourage and retain more women among academic staffs. Many of the policies suggested are modelled on those that have been in effect in Nordic countries for decades. The status of women among Finnish and Swedish academic…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Females, Foreign Countries, Gender Bias
Status of Women in Highly Literate Societies: The Case of Kerala and Finland
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Ross, Kathryn – Literacy, 2006
Both Kerala and Finland have made notable achievements in the realm of literacy: Kerala has one of the highest rates in the developing world and Finland ranks first in literacy among developed countries. Both also share a cultural history of granting women a high status in their respective societies. Using Kerala and Finland as examples, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Marriage and Women's Occupational Attainment in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
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Roos, Patricia A. – American Sociological Review, 1983
Employing data from 12 industrial societies, investigates differences in the labor force behavior, occupational distribution, and attainment patterns of ever- and never-married women. Finds little support for the dual-career theory, which attributes womens' concentration in low-paying employment to gender differences in marital and childrearing…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)