Students who pursue degrees in women and gender studies often do so because they are interested in questions such as: What is gender? Is gender innate, socially imposed, or both? How have different societies understood gender throughout history? What do the categories of ''man'' and ''woman...
According to theories on gender roles and work, masculinity is characterised traditionally as dominance and competitiveness, while, in contrast, women seLect careers that have regular hours of work to enable them to fulfil family obligations. It is also suggested that women prefer work that is ...
The connection between women’s studies and gender was a major shift in the 1990s. Feminist scholarship on women had long grappled with the question of gender, including relationships among men and women, masculinity and femininity, and social power. By 2000, there were nearly 800 women’s stu...
Women's studiesManagementGender studies Advancing women's careers| A look at mentoring and leadership behaviors CAPELLA UNIVERSITY Gary Robinson KennettNalena D. KerrThe concepts of mentoring, networking, and leadership behaviors have been the subject of much debate when it comes to their importance ...
The purpose of this paper is to investigate what may increase the interest of young women in considering studies and careers within game development and creative IT studies in Nordic countries. The study is based on data gathered through a Nordplus proje
Gender and the organization : women at work in the 21st century Discussions of feminism and gender in organizations and management studies, have, with some notable exceptions, become stuck in something of a time-warp. This lies in stark contrast to the developments in the fields of feminism and...
The term Women’s Studies refers to research covering female existence, with women being studied both as acting subjects and described objects. Using bio-social femaleness as the main analytical category, Women’s Studies focus on human genderedness. Thi
Women Studying Violent Male Institutions: Cross-Gendered Dynamics in Police Research on Secrecy and Danger To promote discussions of methodological issues associated with cross-gender research in criminology, we focus on two women's studies of Latin American pol... MK Huggins,ML Glebbeek - 《Theoret...
This paper presents results from a qualitative study of perceptions of science careers in the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the main research institution in France. Its aim is to understand the 'glass ceiling' effect, which reduces the proportion of women at the higher lev...
and society at large.The principal set of papers presents research on questions related to gender equality inside the academy itself, by examining challenges in the career paths and leadership development of women in higher education; major and more rapid progress is clearly required in this context...