TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of institutional genderedness through organizational operations
T2 - An analysis of community college working environments
AU - Jones, Stephanie J.
AU - Warnick, Erika M.
AU - Taylor, Colette M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 NASPA.
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Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Though the number of women employed in the workforce has increased, there continues to be an inequity in employment of women in the highest ranks of community colleges. Guided by gendered organizational theory, the study looked at both overt and covert knowledge of genderedness at community colleges. As one might infer, institutional genderedness may reveal itself inconspicuously through detailed analysis of the culture of an institution. The purpose of the study was to determine if community colleges are gendered institutions based on the perceptions of women in non-faculty professional staff positions at these institutions. A mixed methods design was used to analyze the data collected from 934 participants. Community colleges appear to be gender-neutral environments with equal opportunities for both sexes. However, the perceptions of the women in the study indicated a marked disagreement about the practice of gender neutrality in the workplace, indicating that genderedness exists in these institutions.
AB - Though the number of women employed in the workforce has increased, there continues to be an inequity in employment of women in the highest ranks of community colleges. Guided by gendered organizational theory, the study looked at both overt and covert knowledge of genderedness at community colleges. As one might infer, institutional genderedness may reveal itself inconspicuously through detailed analysis of the culture of an institution. The purpose of the study was to determine if community colleges are gendered institutions based on the perceptions of women in non-faculty professional staff positions at these institutions. A mixed methods design was used to analyze the data collected from 934 participants. Community colleges appear to be gender-neutral environments with equal opportunities for both sexes. However, the perceptions of the women in the study indicated a marked disagreement about the practice of gender neutrality in the workplace, indicating that genderedness exists in these institutions.
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U2 - 10.1080/19407882.2014.987024
DO - 10.1080/19407882.2014.987024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84990879515
VL - 8
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education
JF - NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education
SN - 1940-7890
IS - 1
ER -