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Perceptions of gender balance of IS journal editorial positions
An analysis of 18,854 editorial positions on IS journals was undertaken to examine the perceived gender balance of those positions as an indication of their contribution towards a positive role model for females considering an IS academic career. The nature and extent of perceived gender balance is examined in terms of overall composition of editorial positions, journal prestige and the specific area within IS covered by a journal. The results indicate that perceived gender balance of editorial positions reflects that of ICT academia generally, and that female representation appears to be concentrated in journals covering areas that are traditionally seen as female occupations, e.g., health, education, librarianship. As such, little or no encouragement is given to females considering an IS academic career.<br /
Ideology of objectivity in political journalism. Attitudes, values and beliefs around truth as a possible horizon?
Desde un enfoque crĂtico-discursivo se analizan contenidos automĂĄticos y reflexivos en torno a la âobjetividadâ, como cĂłdigo estilĂstico-normativo y dispositivo cultural de contornos mĂticos, compartido por periodistas y audiencias de la informaciĂłn polĂtica. Con base en entrevistas realizadas bajo un enfoque etnogrĂĄfico entre 2012 y 2014, a profesionales de diferentes medios masivos de CĂłrdoba-Argentina, primero se discuten la auto-percepciĂłn de su rol contemporĂĄneo y las condiciones de su vĂnculo cotidiano con fuentes y acontecimientos. Dado el carĂĄcter inter-subjetivo del fenĂłmeno, en un segundo momento se incluye el contraste entre las perspectivas periodĂsticas y las percepciones de audiencias locales, recopiladas en sesiones experimentales simultĂĄneas. Mediante una estrategia de triangulaciĂłn analĂtica, se advierte un significativo vĂnculo de circularidad entre definiciones profesionales y expectativas de consumo.From a critical-discursive approach, automatic and reflexive contents are analyzed around "objectivity", as a stylistic-normative code and cultural device with mythical contours, shared by journalists and audience of political information. Based on interviews to professionals from different mass media in CĂłrdoba-Argentina (conducted under an ethnographic approach between 2012 and 2014), firstly the self-perception of their contemporary role and the conditions of their daily link with sources and events are discussed. Given the inter-subjective nature of the phenomenon, in a second moment the contrast between the journalistic perspectives and the perceptions of local audiences, gathered in simultaneous experimental sessions, is included. Through an analytical triangulation strategy, a significant circularity link between professional definitions and consumption expectations is noticed.From a critical-discursive approach, automatic and reflexive contents are analyzed around âobjectivityâ, as a stylistic-normative code and cultural device with mythical contours, shared by journalists and audience of political information. Based on interviews to professionals from different mass media in CĂłrdoba-Argentina â conducted under an ethnographic approach between 2012 and 2014 â, firstly the self-perception of their contemporary role and the conditions of their daily link with sources and events are discussed. Given the inter-subjective nature of the phenomenon, in a second moment the contrast between the journalistic perspectives and the perceptions of local audiences, gathered in simultaneous experimental sessions, is included. Through an analytical triangulation strategy, a significant circularity link between professional definitions and consumption expectations is noticed.Fil: Paz Garcia, Ana Pamela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - CĂłrdoba; Argentina. Instituto de Investigaciones PsicolĂłgicas (IIPsi), CONICET - Facultad de PsicologĂa, Universidad Nacional de CĂłrdoba; Argentin
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âJugglersâ, âcopersâ and âstrugglersâ: academicsâ perceptions of being a head of department in a post-1992 UK university and how it influences their future careers
This study investigates the experiences of academics who became department heads in a post-1992 UK university and explores the influence that being in the position has on their planned future academic career. Drawing on life history interviews undertaken with 17 male and female heads of department, the paper constitutes an in-depth study of their careers in the same university. The findings suggest that academics who become department heads not only need the capacity to assume a range of personal and professional identities, but need flexibility to regularly adopt and switch between them. Whether individuals can successfully balance and manage such multiple identities, or whether they experience major conflicts within or between them, greatly affects their experiences of being a head of department and seems to influence their subsequent career decisions. The paper concludes by proposing a conceptual framework and typology to interpret the career trajectories of academics that became department heads in the case university
Addressing the underrepresentation of women in mathematics conferences
Despite significant improvements over the last few generations, the
discipline of mathematics still counts a disproportionately small number of
women among its practitioners. These women are underrepresented as conference
speakers, even more so than the underrepresentation of women among PhD-earners
as a whole. This underrepresentation is the result of implicit biases present
within all of us, which cause us (on average) to perceive and treat women and
men differently and unfairly. These mutually reinforcing biases begin in
primary school, remain active through university study, and continue to oppose
women's careers through their effects on hiring, evaluation, awarding of
prizes, and inclusion in journal editorial boards and conference organization
committees. Underrepresentation of women as conference speakers is a symptom of
these biases, but it also serves to perpetuate them; therefore, addressing the
inequity at conferences is valuable and necessary for countering this
underrepresentation. We describe in detail the biases against women in
mathematics, knowing that greater awareness of them leads to a better ability
to mitigate them. Finally, we make explicit suggestions for organizing
conferences in ways that are equitable for female mathematicians.Comment: 26 pages. See also "An annotated bibliography of work related to
gender in science" (arXiv:1412.4104
Journalism and the Culture of Othering
In seeking to render problematic traditional conceptions
of journalistic identity, this article critiques the seemingly natural, even âcommon sensicalâ structures of social exclusion recurrently underpinning its formulation. More specifically, it explores, firstly, a series of insights provided by feminist and gender-sensitive critiques of journalism. In assessing the typically subtle imperatives of sexism in news reporting, it considers the extent to which journalistic identity continues to be defined within the day-to-day âmacho cultureâ of the
newsroom, where female journalistsâ perceptions of sexual
discrimination typically vary sharply from those held by their male colleagues. Secondly, attention turns to the issue of ethnic diversity, where the need to deconstruct the racialised projection of âus and themâ dichotomies precisely as they are taken-up and re-inflected in news reporting is shown to be of pressing concern. In bringing together these respective set of debates, primarily from British and US contexts, this article aims to contribute to conceptual efforts to further unravel the ways in which journalistsâ routine, everyday choices about what to report â how best to do it, and why âinvolves them in a politics of mediation, one where all too often a culture of othering proves significant
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Striving to achieve it all: men and work-family-life balance in Sweden and the UK - implications for well-being and HRM
Our research paper investigates how men voice their experiences of the three dimensions of well-being: happiness, health and relationships (after Van de Voorde et al., 2012) in balancing their work and non-work lives. We discuss how their perceptions and practice relate to human resource management (HRM) in the workplace, and identify the key tensions in managing their engagement and well-being. This paper builds on research published in Construction Management and Economics in August 2013 (Vol. 31, No. 8: Raiden and RĂ€isĂ€nen, pp. 899-913) where we critique the work-life balance literature for largely limiting the construct as being a female-oriented entitlement. Consequently, little attention has been paid to how men experience their work-life situations, especially the men who are keen to share the family care. We contribute to filling this gap by critically examining how male academics in construction-related departments at Universities in Sweden and the UK construct their relationships with family and work. The data consisted of the career-life stories of seven male academics from each country. These were at different phases in their career trajectories and held different university positions. A narrative analysis approach was then applied on the data. Three core narratives emerged: family connected with partner; work as key priority; and desire to pursue personal projects, which competed with each other for the narratorsâ sparse time. A salient feature of all the narratives was the menâs struggle to accommodate family and (personal) life with work, which to them was the prioritised sphere. This struggle left many feeling that they had no time to do a good job in any sphere, and in Sweden in particular the combination pressure was intense. In this study, well-being emerged as a critical albeit difficult to articulate feature since it was embedded in all the three elements of the work-family-life triad, often with conflicting outcomes. The purpose here, therefore, is to revisit the data using a well-being lens
Reluctant leaders : an analysis of middle managers' perceptions of leadership in further education in England
The research that forms the basis for this article draws attention to a group of middle managers who are reluctant to become leaders because they seek more space and autonomy to stay in touch with their subject, their students, and their own pedagogic values and identities, family commitments and the balance between work and life. This reluctance is reinforced by their scepticism that leadership in Further Education (FE) is becoming less hierarchical and more participative. In a sector that has had more than its fair share of reformist intervention, there is some scepticism of the latest fad of distributed and transformative leadership as a new panacea to cure all the accumulated 'ills' of Further Education in England. Although focused primarily on this one sector in an English context, the article draws some inferences where there are parallels with wider sectors of public sector reform and where the uneasy (and incomplete) transitions from 'old' to 'new' public management have been underpinned by invasive audit, inspection and performance cultures
The impact of culture on career development of women in construction
The construction industry is the most male dominated industry and displays a
macho culture, where relationships are characterized by argument, conflict and crisis. Male
values are the norm and are rewarded and the expectation is that career achievement is
paramount in construction. This challenging nature of the construction workplace and its
impact on womenâs career forms the basis for a significantly lower participation of women in
the industry. It is also found that the cultural environment is likely to remain problematic for
women unless it can be changed in a way that values their contribution. Such changes require
a radical shift in middle management attitudes, a departure from current organizational human
resource management systems, and a wider acceptance of the need for cultural change within
the industry. In this context, this paper presents a review of the literature on experiences of
women working in the industry, particularly focusing on whether (and how) the cultural
aspects of the workplace environment impinge upon women's career development
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