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Title Gender, power and managerialism in universities
Full text http://ahero.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=cshe&action=viewtitle&id=cshe_856
Date 2011
Author(s) White, Kate; Carvalhob, Teresa; Riordanc, Sarah
Abstract This article explores the role of senior managers in consolidating and interpreting new managerialism in higher education in Australia, South Africa and Portugal, and percep¬ - tions of potential effects on gender. The impact of managerialism on decision-making in Australia was increased centralization with the Vice Chancellor operating as a Chief Executive OfïÂcer - in South Africa tension existed between collegial and managerial models evident in power struggles between Vice Chancellors and faculties, plus overt risk and strong political considerations - while in Portugal decision making remained collegial with Rectors seeing themselves as primus inter pares (ïÂrst among equals). The major ïÂnding was that while women as senior managers had an increased capacity to impact on decision-making in managerial universities, mainly related to &lsquo - soft&rsquo - man¬ - agement skills, these were not valued in a competitive management culture strongly focused on research output. Thus managerialism presents a great challenge for women in senior management in higher education.
Subject(s) Gender, Management, Managerialism
Coverage Staff
Language English
Publisher Routledge, Taylor and Francis
Type of publication Journal Article (Peer Reviewed)
Format Pdf
Rights 2011 Association for Tertiary Education Management and the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Management
Repository Cape Town - AHERO, University of Western Cape
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