Managing women: positioning general staff women in Australian universities1

1 This article was originally presented as a paper to the Women and Management in Tertiary Education Conference, University of Technology, Sydney on 30 October 1992.

Abstract

Despite occupying over half (58%) the positions in the general staff category, women are severely under‐represented in senior management positions in Australian universities. This paper, drawing on data from the 1990 EEO Survey of New South Wales universities, examines where women are located by occupation and status within the organisational hierarchy and, against this backdrop, explores some of the issues surrounding women's relative absence in central decision‐making management positions. Discussions about ‘managingwomen’ are set within the context of feministresearch relating to women and management within the public and private sectors.

1 This article was originally presented as a paper to the Women and Management in Tertiary Education Conference, University of Technology, Sydney on 30 October 1992.

Notes

∗ Dr Christine Wieneke was a senior lecturer in the School of Social Ecology, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury. She died on 21 November 1994.

1 This article was originally presented as a paper to the Women and Management in Tertiary Education Conference, University of Technology, Sydney on 30 October 1992.

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Christine Wieneke∗

∗ Dr Christine Wieneke was a senior lecturer in the School of Social Ecology, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury. She died on 21 November 1994.