TY - JOUR
T1 - Women’s academic leadership under competing higher education policies in Taiwan
AU - Chen, Peiying
AU - Hsieh, Hsiao chin
N1 - Funding Information:
The extension of the performance review publication list in applying for research funding from MOST, as well as tenure and promotion, can all be seen as the collective effort generated by the partnership of women’s activist organisations, feminist scholars, and the state. However, further exploration is needed to validate whether gender-friendly policies and laws are viewed as enabling or disabling forces for women seeking balance between family life and academic work.
Funding Information:
When I apply for a project grant, the proposal will be reviewed by the Ministry of Science and Technology. If you have a child, you are allowed to extend two more years, it means that you have seven years to establish your academic performance (five years regularly) … but no one really cares about how much you spend your time in childbirth, child rearing and family … only publication counts.
Funding Information:
This 3-year research project was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, ROC [USD 103.800, (101-2420-H-003-003-MY3)].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 British Association for International and Comparative Education.
PY - 2019/9/3
Y1 - 2019/9/3
N2 - This paper considers the current status of academic performance and administrative leadership of women academics in Taiwan in the context of neo-liberalism. Emergent forces of higher education restructuring, including gender equity legislation have influenced Taiwanese universities to transition from authoritative state bureaucracies to more decentralised governance models. Qualitative research was used to frame and examine life situations, teaching and research, and performance of women academics. The study results showed that horizontal and vertical division of academic work, organisational roles and practices, and rewards and promotion are all gendered–which persistently disadvantages women as a group in terms of realising their potential and achieving leadership status. In conclusion, even with the presence of gender equity regulations, gendered power has been and is still relayed through teaching and mentoring responsibilities, research resources and opportunities, curriculum, organisational culture, tenure promotion, and management practices in Taiwan’s universities.
AB - This paper considers the current status of academic performance and administrative leadership of women academics in Taiwan in the context of neo-liberalism. Emergent forces of higher education restructuring, including gender equity legislation have influenced Taiwanese universities to transition from authoritative state bureaucracies to more decentralised governance models. Qualitative research was used to frame and examine life situations, teaching and research, and performance of women academics. The study results showed that horizontal and vertical division of academic work, organisational roles and practices, and rewards and promotion are all gendered–which persistently disadvantages women as a group in terms of realising their potential and achieving leadership status. In conclusion, even with the presence of gender equity regulations, gendered power has been and is still relayed through teaching and mentoring responsibilities, research resources and opportunities, curriculum, organisational culture, tenure promotion, and management practices in Taiwan’s universities.
KW - Higher education in Taiwan
KW - neoliberalism
KW - women in leadership
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U2 - 10.1080/03057925.2018.1454826
DO - 10.1080/03057925.2018.1454826
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046028984
SN - 0305-7925
VL - 49
SP - 759
EP - 776
JO - Compare
JF - Compare
IS - 5
ER -
