Gender and academic promotion: a case study of Massey University

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This NZCER survey of 619 academics at Massey University found that:

  • women are less likely to apply for promotion than men
  • women who do apply are just as likely to succeed as men
  • women are more likely to feel they have not yet reached the academic level to which they aspire
  • women are more dissatisfied with the promotion process
  • women were more likely to have jobs at the the lecturer level or below, and
  • women are more likely to see high teaching loads and a lack of time for research as a barrier to their promotion.