Women in the leadership of higher education: possibilities, tensions and new questions
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https://doi.org/10.31619/caledu.n25.261Keywords:
power, gender, higher education institutionsAbstract
This article presents the results of an exploratory study regarding the experiences of women who have reached the top positions in higher education institutions. In line with these findings, power relationships are circumstantial to those of gender, and differential traits of leadership in feminine hand are acknowledged. The prestige system becomes important as an element inherent to the academic and directing career in higher education institutions where, although the standards are similar for men and women, the latter have more difficulty in reaching high positions. Tensions between public and private life appear to be one of the barriers in a woman"s career due to the higher levels of power in these institutions.
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