Negotiating Meritocracy and Gender Equality across Organisational Spaces: The Case of a Tenure Track System
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| Title: | Negotiating Meritocracy and Gender Equality across Organisational Spaces: The Case of a Tenure Track System |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Anders Broström (ORCID |
| Source: | Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research. 2024 88(6):2399-2418. |
| Availability: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Faculty, Career Development, Tenure, Intervention, Gender Differences, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Universities, Correlation, Academic Rank (Professional), Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness |
| Geographic Terms: | Sweden |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10734-024-01223-z |
| ISSN: | 0018-1560 1573-174X |
| Abstract: | In this article, we study how meritocratic systems and gender equality concerns are negotiated across different organisational spaces in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Based on a case study of the organising of a tenure track system in a Swedish university, we suggest that the intersection of meritocratic processes and gender equality work can be analysed as a set of negotiated orders in these spaces. This fragmentation may imply problems for advancing gender equality agendas in relation to established notions of meritocracy but may also imply opportunities for change as existing organisational spaces can be reconstructed or new ones created. Our notions of fragmentation and negotiated orders thereby suggest that the current situation is both stable and legitimate and that re-negotiations need to involve reconstructions of the various spaces and not only interventions into them. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1451739 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | In this article, we study how meritocratic systems and gender equality concerns are negotiated across different organisational spaces in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Based on a case study of the organising of a tenure track system in a Swedish university, we suggest that the intersection of meritocratic processes and gender equality work can be analysed as a set of negotiated orders in these spaces. This fragmentation may imply problems for advancing gender equality agendas in relation to established notions of meritocracy but may also imply opportunities for change as existing organisational spaces can be reconstructed or new ones created. Our notions of fragmentation and negotiated orders thereby suggest that the current situation is both stable and legitimate and that re-negotiations need to involve reconstructions of the various spaces and not only interventions into them. |
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| ISSN: | 0018-1560 1573-174X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10734-024-01223-z |
