Women Academics' Intersectional Experiences of Policy Ineffectiveness in the European Context.

ABSTRACT: Despite policy efforts targeted at making universities more inclusive and equitable, academia is still rife with harassment and bullying, and opportunities are far from equal for everyone. The present preregistered survey research (N = 91) aimed to explore whether an intersectional approach can be useful to examine the tangible effects of policy ineffectiveness, even when legislative and ideologic constraints limit the possibility to conduct a full-fledged intersectional analysis. Policy ineffectiveness was operationalized as experiences of harassment, discrimination, institutional resistance to gender equality, and retaliation against reporters of misconduct in universities. Policy ineffectiveness was negatively related to women academics' inclination to pursue an academic career.

SUBMITTER: Tauber S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122029 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature