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Gendered Success and Strategies for Change in a Turkish University

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Gendered Success in Higher Education

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The high representation of women academics in Turkey is described in the literature as a success story, but women are under-represented in senior management. The case study is of large public university whose female vice-rector is responsible for gender equity. Seven of the 17 faculties have women deans, four vocational schools have women directors and two graduate schools have women directors. Currently, 41.9% of academics and 40.8% of professors are women. The chapter analyses the impact of the institution’s gender action plan on the high representation of senior women and the Women’s Studies Research Centre as a change agent. It concludes that strategies like mentoring for leadership roles, networking, academic mobility, improved childcare/elder care and quotas could increase the number of women managers.

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  1. Department of Management, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

    Özlem Atay

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Atay, Ö. (2017). Gendered Success and Strategies for Change in a Turkish University. In: White, K., O'Connor, P. (eds) Gendered Success in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56659-1_11

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