Employee Relations: Volume 28 Issue 6

Academic women's promotions in Australian universities

Hilary Winchester, Shard Lorenzo, Lyn Browning, Colleen Chesterman

The purpose of this research is to examine the hypothesis that under‐representation of women in Australian universities reflects barriers in the academic promotion process.

Does excellence have a gender?: A national research study on recruitment and selection procedures for professorial appointments in The Netherlands

Marieke van den Brink, Margo Brouns, Sietske Waslander

The purpose of this research is to show that upward mobility of female academics in regular selection procedures is evolving extremely slowly, especially in The Netherlands. This…

Not tokens: reaching a “critical mass” of senior women managers

Colleen Chesterman, Anne Ross‐Smith

The purpose of this paper is to outline the findings of a research project involving five Australian universities with over 30 per cent of their senior management positions filled…

Women's progression to senior positions in English universities

Liz Doherty, Simonetta Manfredi

The purpose of this research is to explore the career routes and advancement procedures for both academic and support staff in English universities and the extent to which these…

Mentoring for gender equality and organisational change

Jennifer de Vries, Claire Webb, Joan Eveline

There is considerable literature about the impact of mentoring on the mentees but little is known about the effect of the mentoring relationship on the mentor. This paper aims to…

Gender and academic career trajectories in Spain: From gendered passion to consecration in a Sistema Endogámico?

Susana Vázquez‐Cupeiro, Mary Ann Elston

The purpose of this research is to illuminate the processes that give rise to gendered career pathways in Spanish academia, tracing how individuals might move from academic…

2006 Awards for Excellence

Women's advancement in universities

Liz Doherty, Simonetta Manfredi