scholarly journals Challenges (Obstacles) in Reaching Leadership Positions – Experiences of Women Professors at Novi Sad University Serbia

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijana Mišić Andrić ◽  
Slobodanka Markov
Keyword(s):  
General Pattern ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
Women Professors ◽  
Experiences Of Women

AbstractUnderrepresentation of women in leadership positions in universities is a phenomenon present in most countries of the world, with some significant differences. In our work we focused on obstacles that women professors in Novi Sad University (Serbia) faced in reaching leadership positions. Analysis is based on qualitative research using a semi structured interview, statistical data and selected secondary sources. Obstacles, mentorship and networking have been researched from an idiographic perspective (reflection and the personal experience of the women at Novi Sad University). Results indicate a significant underrepresentation of women in leadership positions at Novi Sad University. Findings point to a general pattern: the more power and authority the leadership position holds, the scarcer the number of women participating in it. According to interviewees’ statements the patriarchal value system makes the leadership positions difficult to attain for women. Interview analysis also suggests additional limiting factors, such as lack of mentorship and inadequate networking, acting as inhibitors in reaching leadership positions.

Gender Relations in the Black Church

2021 ◽  
pp. 438-461
Author(s):  
Cynthia B. Bragg
Keyword(s):  
Black Church ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Church Leadership ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Church Of God ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
The Church

This chapter examines the lived experiences of women in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) and presents a model for partnership in leadership with clerics and churchwomen. The model is based on the premise of the visionary founder and “Chief Apostle” of this denomination. Histories of churchwomen in this organization portray them as staunch supporters of ministries in the church. Women in leadership roles were defined by the founder as overseers—a term suggesting honorary prestige to women that was equal to clerical positions in the church. Following the death of the founder, however, churchwomen encountered barriers to leadership positions which lowered their status and authority thus impacting their inclusion, agency, and voice in matters of church leadership and governance.

scholarly journals Women in STEM Leadership in the Academy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura McCullough
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Women In Stem ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Terra Incognita ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Engineering Mathematics ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Considerable Body

A considerable body of research exists on women in leadership and likewise on women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields. However, the intersection of the two is terra incognita: women in leadership in STEM. At the most fundamental level, we don’t even have a solid idea of how many women hold leadership positions in STEM. This study determined the proportion of women in leadership positions in several academic STEM areas via a sampling of institutions across the United States and other countries. In every area studied, women held fewer leadership positions than the proportion of female PhDs in those fields. The proportion of women in non-STEM specific top academic leadership roles was also examined to see what proportion of those individuals leading academic institutions might have background in a STEM discipline and how that compares to men in the same positions. This study opens the door to exploring the experiences of women who lead in STEM, which is likely to promote women’s participation in these fields.

The Underrepresentation of Women in Leadership Positions in Rural Russia

2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. O'Brien ◽  
Stephen K. Wegren
Keyword(s):  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women

scholarly journals Gender issues from the perspective of health-care professionals in Neuro-oncology: an EANO and EORTC Brain Tumor Group survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-259
Author(s):  
Emilie Le Rhun ◽  
Michael Weller ◽  
Simone P Niclou ◽  
Susan Short ◽  
Karin Piil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Faculty Position ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Tumor Group ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women

Abstract Background Women represent an increasing proportion of the overall workforce in medicine but are underrepresented in leadership roles. Methods To explore gender inequalities and challenges in career opportunities, a web-based survey was conducted among the membership of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology and the Brain Tumor Group of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Results A total of 228 colleagues responded to the survey: 129 women (median age 45 years; range, 25-66 years) and 99 men (median age 48 years; range, 24-81 years); 153 participants (67%) were married and 157 participants (69%) had at least 1 child. Women less often declared being married (60% vs 77%, P = .007) or having a child (63% vs 77%, P = .024). Men more frequently had a full-time position (88% vs 75%, P = .036). Women and men both perceived an underrepresentation of women in leadership positions. Half of participants agreed that the most important challenges for women are leading a team and obtaining a faculty position. Fewer women than men would accept such a position (42% vs 56%). The main reasons were limited time for career and an inappropriate work and life balance. Women specifically cited negative discrimination, limited opportunities, and lack of self-confidence. Discrimination of women at work was perceived by 64% of women vs 47% of men (P = .003). Conclusion Women are perceived as experiencing more difficulties in acquiring a leadership position. Personal preferences may account for an underrepresentation of women in leadership positions, but perceived gender inequalities extend beyond disparities of access to leadership.

Gender Relations in the Black Church

2020 ◽  
pp. 106-142
Author(s):  
Cynthia B. Bragg
Keyword(s):  
Black Church ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Church Leadership ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Church Of God ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
The Church

This chapter examines the lived experiences of women in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) and presents a model for partnership in leadership with clerics and churchwomen. The model is based on the premise of the visionary founder and “Chief Apostle” of this denomination. Histories of churchwomen in this organization portray them as staunch supporters of ministries in the church. Women in leadership roles were defined by the founder as overseers—a term suggesting honorary prestige to women that was equal to clerical positions in the church. Following the death of the founder, however, churchwomen encountered barriers to leadership positions which lowered their status and authority thus impacting their inclusion, agency, and voice in matters of church leadership and governance.

scholarly journals The Political Rights of Women in the Light of Islamic Jurisprudence

rahatulquloob ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Dr. Khadija Aziz ◽  
Dr. Abid Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Meaningful Participation ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Right

Accordingly, the meaningful participation of women in national, local, and community leadership roles has become an important focus on global development policy. Allah (SWT) has given a due and most suitable status to the women.  Women in leadership positions have been mentioned in multiple occasions in Quran. Islam gave them the right to vote and remain politically active in legislative, executive, and judiciary. “Then whoever disputed with you about him after all this knowledge that has come to you, say: ‘Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then we pray and invoke sincerely the curse of Allah upon those who lie’’. Quran and hadith were used as primary sources for the collection of authentic information, whereas published data on subject was used as secondary sources.

scholarly journals Strategies of resistance and empowerment of portuguese women coaches in sports

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludmila Mourão ◽  
Paula Silva ◽  
Silvana Vilodre Goellner ◽  
Paula Botelho Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Team Sports ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Male Dominance ◽  
Women Coaches ◽  
Head Coach ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
Women In Sports

The participation of women in sports is the subject of analysis of several studies that continuously evidence inequality and asymmetry in relation to men in the different spheres of activity within this field. The objective of this study is to comprehend male hegemony as coaches and how it is accepted and/or contested in the sports environment by identifying attitudes that incorporate this male dominance or that contradict and resist it. The sample of this study is composed of interviews with 37 Portuguese female coaches in both individual and team sports. The results indicate that the presence of women in leadership positions in sports, such as of head coach, does not ensure in itself an objection to male hegemony. It becomes necessary that women incorporate the concept of “agency” in order to identify and implement strategies that resist and consequently change the patriarchal structures that perpetuate the underrepresentation of women in coaching sports.

Why Still so Few? A Theoretical Model of the Role of Benevolent Sexism and Career Support in the Continued Underrepresentation of Women in Leadership Positions

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivona Hideg ◽  
Winny Shen
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Benevolent Sexism ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Career Support ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women

We advance our understanding of women’s continued underrepresentation in leadership positions by highlighting the subtle, but damaging, role benevolent sexism, a covert and socially accepted form of sexism, plays in this process. Drawing on and integrating previously disparate literatures on benevolent sexism and social support, we develop a new theoretical model in which benevolent sexism of both women and those in their social networks (i.e., managers and intimate partners) affect women’s acquisition of career social support for advancement at two levels, interpersonal and intrapersonal, and across multiple domains, work and family. At the interpersonal level, we suggest that managers’ and intimate partners’ benevolent sexism may undermine their provision of the needed career support to advance in leadership positions for women. At the intrapersonal level, we suggest that women’s personal endorsement of benevolent sexism may undermine their ability to recognize and willingness to seek out career support from their family members (i.e., intimate partners) and managers for advancement to leadership positions. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.

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