Looking Good and Being Good: Women Leaders in Australian Universities

Autor/in	Fitzgerald, Tanya
Titel	Looking Good and Being Good: Women Leaders in Australian Universities
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 8 (2018), Artikel 54 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fitzgerald, Tanya)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Women Faculty; Femininity; Clothing; Physical Characteristics; Nonverbal Communication; Masculinity; Gender Differences; Interpersonal Attraction; Foreign Countries; Women Administrators; Sex Role; Administrator Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Universities; Personal Narratives; Australia; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Kleidung; Körperliche Erscheinung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Männlichkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Interpersonale Anziehung; Ausland; Weibliche Führungskraft; Geschlechterrolle; Unternehmenskultur; University; Universität; Erlebniserzählung; Australien; Neuseeland
Abstract	In this article, I argue that women in senior leadership positions in universities continue to face a number of tensions and ambiguities in their everyday working lives. Drawing on the metaphors of 'looking good' and 'being good', I highlight the gendered assumptions that senior women encounter. As senior leaders, women are simultaneously required to negotiate an inherently masculine culture yet at the same time are expected to exercise a level of femininity. Their physical presence, appearance, clothing, gestures, and behaviours are central to the bodily exercise of leadership. As the data presented illustrate, women's leadership bodies and bodily performances reflect gendered institutional norms and assumptions about how leaders should look and act. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01