TY - JOUR
T1 - Views from Above the Glass Ceiling
T2 - Does the Academic Environment Influence Women Professors’ Careers and Experiences?
AU - Sanders, Karin
AU - Willemsen, Tineke M.
AU - Millar, Carla C.J.M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Using data from 188 female full professors from all 14 Dutch universities this study examines whether skewed sex ratios in the environment and the absence of a women-friendly environment are related to their career path experiences and to their perception of the general ease of women’s obtaining a professorship. Results from multi-level analyses show a positive relationship between the perception of women-friendly environment and both the experience of their own career path, and the perceived ease with which other women could become a full professor. Moreover results show that the higher the percentage of women professors in the academic field the stronger the relationship between perception of women friendliness and the experienced ease with which they became a full professor.
AB - Using data from 188 female full professors from all 14 Dutch universities this study examines whether skewed sex ratios in the environment and the absence of a women-friendly environment are related to their career path experiences and to their perception of the general ease of women’s obtaining a professorship. Results from multi-level analyses show a positive relationship between the perception of women-friendly environment and both the experience of their own career path, and the perceived ease with which other women could become a full professor. Moreover results show that the higher the percentage of women professors in the academic field the stronger the relationship between perception of women friendliness and the experienced ease with which they became a full professor.
U2 - 10.1007/s11199-008-9547-7
DO - 10.1007/s11199-008-9547-7
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-0025
VL - 60
SP - 301
EP - 312
JO - Sex roles
JF - Sex roles
IS - 5-6
ER -
