Faculty Peer Networks: Role and Relevance in Advancing Agency and Gender Equity

Autor/inn/en	O'Meara, KerryAnn; Stromquist, Nelly P.
Titel	Faculty Peer Networks: Role and Relevance in Advancing Agency and Gender Equity
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 27 (2015) 3, S.338-358 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2015.1027668
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Peer Groups; Social Networks; Sex Fairness; Women Faculty; Teacher Recruitment; Educational Change; Intervention; Universities; Longitudinal Studies; Case Studies; Role; Teacher Persistence; Interviews; Focus Groups; Teacher Attitudes; Mixed Methods Research; Participant Observation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Sexualaufklärung; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Lehrerrekrutierung; Bildungsreform; University; Universität; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Rollen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Teilnehmende Beobachtung
Abstract	Organisational efforts to alter gender asymmetries are relatively rare, yet they are taking place in a number of universities. In the USA, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, ADVANCE programmes implement a number of interventions to improve the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women faculty. This study focused on one common intervention, faculty peer networks, and the role they play in gender equity reform. Longitudinal and cross-sectional qualitative data indicate that such peer networks function as catalysts for women's career agency, and challenge gendered organisational practices. Two key features of the peer networks, their structure and internal dynamics, facilitate these outcomes. At the same time, peer networks are limited by design in promoting structural change and must be implemented in concert with other forms of policy and structural change to be effective mechanisms for gender equity reform. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01