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Article: Male and female academics' gendered perceptions of academic work and career progression in China

TitleMale and female academics' gendered perceptions of academic work and career progression in China
Authors
Keywordscareer progression
China
gender expectations
work/family
Issue Date1-Feb-2023
PublisherWiley
Citation
Higher Education Quarterly, 2023, v. 77, n. 3, p. 515-536 How to Cite?
AbstractThis article explores the experiences of male and female academics in China's higher education system concerning career progression and examines how they perceive the challenges faced by the opposite gender. Our analysis of interviews with 40 academics from a research university revealed that academics' experience of career progression is informed by gendered divisions of labour at home and work and by gendered role expectations that are prevalent in Chinese culture. Female academics reported performing a disproportionate amount of household work: some felt satisfied with having moderately successful academic careers, whereas others aspired to do more but grappled with the difficulties of doing so. In contrast, male academics mentioned great pressure to pursue promotion and career progression: they reported feeling less work–family stress but were fearful of failing in their role as breadwinners. Male and female academics showed mixed comprehension of each other's plight, but in general, female academics recognised that male academics faced higher career expectations but lower household burdens, and male academics felt that female academics had lower career expectations and many more burdens and constraints. Male academics tended to stress biological and societal reasons for gender differences in Chinese academia, whereas female academics highlighted the power of cultural and social beliefs. We argue that the challenges faced by Chinese academics can only be mitigated if gender-specific promotion paths that recognise men's and women's social roles and obligations are made available.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/340210
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.825
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dc.contributor.authorHorta, H-
dc.contributor.authorTang, L-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T10:42:29Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-11T10:42:29Z-
dc.date.issued2023-02-01-
dc.identifier.citationHigher Education Quarterly, 2023, v. 77, n. 3, p. 515-536-
dc.identifier.issn0951-5224-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/340210-
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the experiences of male and female academics in China's higher education system concerning career progression and examines how they perceive the challenges faced by the opposite gender. Our analysis of interviews with 40 academics from a research university revealed that academics' experience of career progression is informed by gendered divisions of labour at home and work and by gendered role expectations that are prevalent in Chinese culture. Female academics reported performing a disproportionate amount of household work: some felt satisfied with having moderately successful academic careers, whereas others aspired to do more but grappled with the difficulties of doing so. In contrast, male academics mentioned great pressure to pursue promotion and career progression: they reported feeling less work–family stress but were fearful of failing in their role as breadwinners. Male and female academics showed mixed comprehension of each other's plight, but in general, female academics recognised that male academics faced higher career expectations but lower household burdens, and male academics felt that female academics had lower career expectations and many more burdens and constraints. Male academics tended to stress biological and societal reasons for gender differences in Chinese academia, whereas female academics highlighted the power of cultural and social beliefs. We argue that the challenges faced by Chinese academics can only be mitigated if gender-specific promotion paths that recognise men's and women's social roles and obligations are made available.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherWiley-
dc.relation.ispartofHigher Education Quarterly-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectcareer progression-
dc.subjectChina-
dc.subjectgender expectations-
dc.subjectwork/family-
dc.titleMale and female academics' gendered perceptions of academic work and career progression in China-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/hequ.12419-
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dc.identifier.volume77-
dc.identifier.issue3-
dc.identifier.spage515-
dc.identifier.epage536-
dc.identifier.eissn1468-2273-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000935662800001-
dc.identifier.issnl0951-5224-

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