A significant gender imbalance remains at executive management level within higher
education despite a number of initiatives to increase the number of women in the leadership …

The neoliberalization of higher education in western countries has led to work
intensification, projectification, and work-life balance issues for academics. This article …

In this paper, we offer a critique of neoliberal power from the perspective of the gendered,
sexualised, raced and classed politics of motherhood in English universities. By using …

Purpose This paper aims to explore and better understand the workplace experiences of
young professional women, as they relate to their leadership ambition. Research has shown …

The underrepresentation of women in academia at the top levels, the so-called “glass ceiling
phenomenon”, is still an issue also in Italian universities. Women, in fact, remain significantlyunderrepresentedespeciallyinfu …

The idea that gender equality in education has been achieved is now a staple of public
debate. As a result, educational policies and practices often do not deal explicitly with …

A considerable amount of research has been conducted into women's experiences of
leadership in the education sector with calls to further promote equality, increase diversity …

This article examines the job crafting strategies senior academic women use to progress in
their careers. The study was exploratory and inductive and used in-depth interviews to …

As workers progress through early-, mid-, and late-career stages, their goals tend to shift.
Scholarly perspectives typically emphasize such differences between members of different …

This article focuses on feminist activist academics who were instrumental in creating the UK
Gender & Education Association at the turn of the twenty-first century. Drawing on my own …