The who, when, and why of the glass cliff phenomenon: A meta-analysis of appointments to precarious leadership positions.

T Morgenroth, TA Kirby, MK Ryan… - Psychological …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Women and members of other underrepresented groups who break through the glass
ceiling often find themselves in precarious leadership positions, a phenomenon that has …

Women and leadership in higher education: A systematic review

MC Meza-Mejia, MA Villarreal-García… - Social Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The theoretical postulates of gender studies demonstrate that inequality, when it comes to
women, is more of a sociocultural construct than the result of nature. Gender inequality is …

Identity politics: Why African American women are missing in administrative leadership in public higher education

CV Townsend - Educational Management Administration & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
There is an exiguous representation of African American women in leadership positions at
institutions of higher education. This study examines the experiences related to the retention …

Delivering gender justice in academia through gender equality plans? Normative and practical challenges

S Clavero, Y Galligan - Gender, Work & Organization, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper employs the concept of epistemic justice to examine the potential for gender
equality plans (GEPs) to bring about sustainable transformative change towards gender …

Gender differences in research performance within and between countries: Italy vs Norway

G Abramo, DW Aksnes, CA D'Angelo - Journal of Informetrics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the scientific performance of Italian and Norwegian university professors is
analysed using bibliometric indicators. The study is based on over 36,000 individuals and …

Pathways to the glass cliff: A risk tax for women and minority leaders?

C Glass, A Cook - Social Problems, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Do women and racial/ethnic minority leaders pay a risk tax on their way to the top? Theories
of the glass cliff have focused on the penalties imposed upon women and minority leaders …

Factors that contribute to the underrepresentation of women academics worldwide: A literature review

B Avolio, E Pardo, MB Prados-Peña - Social Psychology of Education, 2024 - Springer
This paper analyses the literature related to the underrepresentation of women academics in
order to identify the factors that influence the underrepresentation of women in higher …

How context matters: The relationship between family supportive supervisor behaviours and motivation to work moderated by gender inequality

MJ Bosch, M Las Heras, M Russo, Y Rofcanin… - Journal of Business …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines relationships between family-supportive supervisor behaviour (FSSB)
and individuals' prosocial and extrinsic motivation at work in four countries: Brazil, Kenya …

Reifying discrimination on the path to school leadership: Black female principals' experiences of district hiring/promotion practices

J Weiner, W Garrett-Walker, T Strickland… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Using intersectionality as a guiding framework, this qualitative study focuses on the
hiring/promotion experiences of 20 Black female principals and explores how their …

The academic “glass-ceiling”: investigating the increase of female academicians in Italy

F Roberto, A Rey, R Maglio, F Agliata - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study addresses gender composition in universities. The purpose of this study
is to define the vertical and horizontal gender segregation in both public and private …