{"id":60121,"date":"2021-11-04T06:47:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T10:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=60121"},"modified":"2021-11-04T06:47:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T10:47:14","slug":"womens-academic-careers-are-in-a-holding-pattern-while-men-enjoy-a-tailwind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/womens-academic-careers-are-in-a-holding-pattern-while-men-enjoy-a-tailwind\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s academic careers are in a \u2018holding pattern\u2019 while men enjoy a \u2018tailwind\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/inequality.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/inequality.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/inequality-250x133.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\nFemale academics continue to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0170840613483658\">underrepresented<\/a>\u00a0in senior academic positions in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dese.gov.au\/higher-education-statistics\/staff-data\">Australia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/gwao.12151\">internationally<\/a>. Most research has focused on the low number of women professors at universities. But the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dese.gov.au\/higher-education-statistics\/staff-data\">largest drop-off<\/a>\u00a0in the number of female academics is between two mid-level positions: lecturer and senior lecturer.<\/p>\n<p>We set out to find why this occurs, using a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0049124120926206\">new method<\/a>\u00a0to explore the career journeys of male and female academics. We found they continue to experience different careers: men commonly described a clear run at their career goals, while many women found themselves in a holding pattern as a result of having to juggle other responsibilities.\\<div id=\"attachment_60123\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60123\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Genderrolesinacademia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"426\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Genderrolesinacademia.png 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Genderrolesinacademia-250x157.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data: Department of Education, Skills and Employment Higher Education Staff Data 2020, CC BY<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Most female lecturers in our study were ambitious, but unable to fully commit to their careers. The main reasons for this included their avoidance of work-life conflict, undertaking service activities and a lack of support from colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0049124120926206\">Our research<\/a>\u00a0shows gender equity efforts need to target this holding pattern for women to make career progress.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 is expected to further set back the careers of female academics. Rather than writing papers, they are likely to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abc2740\">at home looking after children<\/a>. Journal editors have already noticed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2020\/04\/21\/early-journal-submission-data-suggest-covid-19-tanking-womens-research-productivity\">fewer submissions from female academics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Exploring the holding pattern<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To explore the careers of female academics we created a new method called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0049124120926206\">Draw, Write, Reflect<\/a>\u00a0(DWR). We asked 18 male and 29 female academics at one university to draw or write their career journeys, since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1525822X0101300402\">not all knowledge can be expressed in words<\/a>. Our participants confirmed drawing made it easier to express their experiences and relay emotions.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we asked respondents to reflect on their drawing. We also interviewed nine senior stakeholders including executive leaders, HR managers and gender equity committee members.<\/p>\n<p>Male academics had a clear career focus and many described their career journeys as \u201clucky\u201d or \u201cprivileged\u201d and with \u201ctailwinds\u201d.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_60124\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60124\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Careerluck.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"831\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Careerluck.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Careerluck-205x250.jpeg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tye DWR: \u2018Snakes and Ladders\u2019. Author provided<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Another male academic wrote \u201ctailwinds\u201d on his drawing as shown below.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_60125\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60125\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/talewinds.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"906\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/talewinds.png 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/talewinds-188x250.png 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xavier DWR: \u2018Tailwinds\u2019.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Juggling competing responsibilities<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Female academics were much more likely to include their families in their career drawings, highlighting the interrelatedness of work and family. Those with children were all primary carers. Their academic work had one set of requirements, their family another and both required their attention, often at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>This situation resulted in a constant struggle and negotiation, as the drawing below shows.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_60126\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60126\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Upthrehill.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Upthrehill.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Upthrehill-250x132.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle DWR: Up the Hill. Author provided<\/p><\/div>\\<\/p>\n<p>Connectedness was also clear in the drawing below created by another female academic.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_60127\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60127\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/interrelations.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/interrelations.png 600w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/interrelations-250x138.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruth DWR: Interrelatedness.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>To maintain a level of balance \u2013 \u201cto keep my head above water\u201d as one put it \u2013 most female academics chose not to progress their careers. They could not see themselves successfully managing their domestic tasks in a senior lecturer role. One female lecturer said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHalf the time I feel like I am sinking, so for now I am happy just to keep doing the best I can in my job and then retire at the age of 65.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Seven of the eight female lecturers reported putting their career aspirations on hold.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Doing the \u2018academic housework\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Another reason for the holding pattern was female academics undertaking more service activities. Coined \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1360080X.2019.1589682\">academic housework<\/a>\u201d, these activities are associated with caring and include assisting students, administration of teaching, or organising professional academic activities. Generally, these activities are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1360080X.2019.1589682\">not considered for career progression<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This situation was confirmed by a member of the executive leadership team who said some women:<br \/>\n<em>[\u2026] have literally taken on a lot of things that you can tell no one else wants to do \u2013 academic housework.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, a female academic reported male colleagues are:<br \/>\n<em>[\u2026] focusing on the things that matter for promotion, not on the things that matter for the team.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Lacking support from colleagues<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Some junior female academics did not support ambitious senior female colleagues. They referred to them as \u201calpha women\u201d, \u201cmen dressed in women\u2019s clothing\u201d or \u201cwomen acting like men\u201d. This situation was confirmed by senior female academics who reported backlash from other women for being ambitious. One said:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cI am ambitious and if this was a man sitting here there would be a different connotation of \u2018Wow, you\u2019ve done well!\u2019, but for a woman it is like, \u2018Well, how are your children? And your family and everything else?\u2019 So, there is an issue.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nAnother female academic reported \u201cthinking like a man\u201d had helped her have a very successful career. She reported that this requires not thinking about family, putting yourself first and \u201cbeing selfish\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fear of backlash may stop some women, however, from pursuing career progression.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What can universities do?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Despite their career aspirations, organisational and personal reasons resulted in women not pursuing promotion to senior lecturer and beyond. Our study identified a clear holding pattern among female lecturers that inhibited their progression to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>While male academics reported focused career trajectories, women reported difficulty managing many work and life responsibilities in pursuing their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Universities can help female lecturers break the holding pattern cycle and assist their career progression. They can start by developing guidance in better negotiating academic housework and service tasks and by changing the narrative and culture around career ambition for women at universities. This will be a win-win for female academics and universities.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Fleur Sharafizad is a Lecturer in Management, Kerry Brown is a Professor of Employment and Industry, School of Business and Law, Maryam Omari is a Professor and Executive Dean, School of Business and Law and Uma Jogulu is a Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law all at Edith Cowan University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female academics continue to be\u00a0underrepresented\u00a0in senior academic positions in\u00a0Australia\u00a0and\u00a0internationally. Most research has focused on the low number of women professors at universities. But the\u00a0largest drop-off\u00a0in the number of female academics is between two mid-level positions: lecturer and senior lecturer. 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