Is the Academic Climate Chilly? The Views of Women Academic Chemists
Is the Academic Climate Chilly? The Views of Women Academic Chemists
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DOI：
10.1021/ed800042z
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
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3
通讯作者：
Richmond, Geraldine
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作者：
Greene, Jessica;Stockard, Jean;Richmond, Geraldine
国家数据中报告的化学性别构成统计图表明，与整个领域的女性代表性相比，学术界的女性代表性不足。本文提供了学术化学系中广大女性的看法和观点的数据，并提供了一些关于为什么会出现这种代表性不足的线索。总体而言，数据支持文献提出的工作氛围存在问题且不欢迎女性。结果表明，很大一部分接受调查的女性表示，她们通过指导获得的专业支持很少，她们认为男性和女性教员所获得的资源和特权存在很大差异，而且与性别相关的问题会影响其部门招聘和雇用女性或在女性受聘后促进其职业发展的能力。最后，本研究中的化学女性比全国学者样本中的女性对自己的工作感到满意的可能性要小得多，并且比全国样本中的女性更不可能同意女性和少数族裔受到公平对待。
The statistical picture of the gender composition of chemistry as reported in national data indicates that women are underrepresented in academe in comparison to their representation in the field as a whole. This article presents data on the perceptions and views of a broad cross-section of women in academic chemistry departments and provides some clues as to why this underrepresentation may occur. In general, the data support literature that has posited a work climate that is problematic and less than welcoming for women. The results indicate that a large proportion of the women surveyed report that they receive little professional support through mentoring, that they perceive that there are strong differences in the resources and privileges awarded to men and women faculty, and that gender-related issues affect their department’s ability to recruit and hire or to promote women’s career progress after they are hired. Finally, the chemistry women in this study were significantly less likely than those in a national sample of academics to report being satisfied with their jobs and were significantly less likely than those in the national sample to agree that women and minorities are treated fairly.