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Senior Management in Higher Education

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Gender, Power and Management

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Management has always been associated with men, and an implicit and universal correlation has been drawn between men, power and authority. Even the first scientific studies on management neglected the gender variable. Although women have been progressively entering the labour market and increasing their qualifications worldwide, as discussed in Chapter 2, they are still under-represented in organisational top positions.

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  1. Teresa Carvalho
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK

    Barbara Bagilhole (Professor of Equal Opportunities and Social Policy) (Professor of Equal Opportunities and Social Policy)

  2. Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, Monash University, Australia

    Kate White (Adjunct Research Associate) (Adjunct Research Associate)

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© 2011 Teresa Carvalho and Maria de Lourdes Machado

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Carvalho, T., de Lourdes Machado, M. (2011). Senior Management in Higher Education. In: Bagilhole, B., White, K. (eds) Gender, Power and Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305953_5

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