eprintid: 10155281
rev_number: 10
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datestamp: 2022-09-07 09:52:02
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creators_name: Meschitti, Viviana
creators_name: Marini, Giulio
title: The balance between status quo and change when minorities try to access top ranks: a tale about women achieving professorship
ispublished: inpress
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
divisions: B16
divisions: UCL
keywords: gender equality; intergroup dynamics; academic promotions; ADD inequality regimes
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
abstract: PURPOSE: This paper aims to study vertical gender segregation, which persists even in the fields where women are represented at junior levels. Academia is an example. Individual performance and lack of a critical mass do not fully explain the problem. Thus, this paper adopted an intergroup perspective (i.e. social identity and competition theories) to study how a majority (i.e. men) can influence the advancement of a minority (i.e. women). DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The paper investigated promotions from associate to full professor in Italy. The original data set included all promotions from 2013 to 2016. To study intergroup dynamics, individual-level variables were analysed together with structural factors, such as gender representation and availability of resources. FINDINGS: The effect of gender representation was significant in that promotions were more likely when full professor ranks within academic institutions were men-dominated and associate professor ranks were women-dominated. Concurrently, the analysis of individual-level variables supported the existence of discrimination against women. The paper argues that the majority grants more promotions under the pressure of change; however, this does not contrast with discrimination at the individual level. RESEARCH LIMITATIONS/IMPLICATIONS: The paper focused only on one country. However, the framework can be applied in other contexts and used to study segregation based on factors other than gender. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This study explored gender segregation from a new perspective, highlighting the importance of the interplay between individual and structural factors. This interplay might be one of the causes of the slow progress of gender equality.
date: 2022-09-05
date_type: published
publisher: Emerald
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-04-2022-0141
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1974446
doi: 10.1108/gm-04-2022-0141
lyricists_name: Marini, Giulio
lyricists_id: GMARI76
actors_name: Kalinowski, Damian
actors_id: DKALI47
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Gender in Management: An International Journal
citation:        Meschitti, Viviana;    Marini, Giulio;      (2022)    The balance between status quo and change when minorities try to access top ranks: a tale about women achieving professorship.                   Gender in Management: An International Journal        10.1108/gm-04-2022-0141 <https://doi.org/10.1108/gm-04-2022-0141>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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