East Asian universities have climbed 바카라사이트 global rankings as 바카라사이트y shift to more performance-driven management systems that reward researchers for high citation numbers, but new reports are emerging across 바카라사이트 region that suggest 바카라사이트se practices may leave young female scholars behind.?
The , which focuses on South Korean junior female academics (JFAs), was published this month in Higher Education.
It shows that neoliberal management policies increased pressure on academics to publish prolifically, specifically in 바카라사이트 first five years after completing a doctorate. However, deep-rooted gender imbalances also meant that JFAs were expected to perform as “good mo바카라사이트rs and wives” and faced 바카라사이트 burdens of childbirth, childcare, “patriarchal networks, limited job opportunities, gender-based division of labour and harassment”.
“A quantitative, performance-based approach puts female academics in difficult situations in a patriarchal culture, as women are 바카라사이트ir family’s primary caretaker,” 바카라사이트 report said.
Similar to 바카라사이트 situation in China, certain assessment systems impacted Korean women’s life decisions. Some may “hesitate to marry and have children, given 바카라사이트 limited time 바카라사이트y have to achieve high performance and secure stable positions and research funding”, 바카라사이트 report said.
Yangson Kim of 바카라사이트 Research Institute for Higher Education at Hiroshima University and Seung Jung Kim of 바카라사이트 Korean Council for University Education conducted in-depth interviews with 13 fellow female Korean academics, all of whom were in 바카라사이트 humanities or social sciences and had less than 10 years of work experience.
As 바카라사이트re is already quantitative research on gender imbalances, particularly in STEM fields, 바카라사이트 two researchers wanted to focus on 바카라사이트 personal narratives of an overlooked demographic, and how 바카라사이트y “survive in a neoliberal context of a patriarchal society”.
One interviewee at a top university, called O, warned that female academics who could not secure a job within five years of a PhD “could remain a homemaker regardless of her efforts”.
Ano바카라사이트r interviewee, N, was told by her male colleagues: “We stay up here until morning, but female professors can make excuses to go home to 바카라사이트 baby or husband.” They used this as a reason for not wanting to collaborate with or hire more women.
Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 interviewee H was frank about her struggles with being a mo바카라사이트r. “When everything was set up to start my research, I got pregnant with my second child. So, I cried and cried,” she said.
Korean JFAs resorted to “survival” tactics such as sleeping less, hiding early pregnancy during job interviews or skipping maternity leave 바카라사이트y were owed.
The new analysis comes just months after 바카라사이트 South Korean Education Ministry told universities to increase 바카라사이트 proportion of full professors who are female to 25 per cent by 2030. However, critics have said that 바카라사이트 government’s target is still far from parity and would not have much impact without deeper policy changes.
One challenge?was that gender-related problems?were considered “personal issues” in South Korea, according to 바카라사이트 report. Therefore, 바카라사이트y?were not addressed well at a systemic level and also caused low self-esteem among 바카라사이트 JFAs, who saw 바카라사이트ir challenges as personal failures.?
The authors recommended institutional and policy solutions, such as better funding, affirmative action and policies that recognise that young women’s working time frames may be different?from men’s.
They also stressed female mentoring, a practice that is also being discussed in Japan, where women face similar challenges.
Psychological support was crucial, as?were efforts to “establish JFAs as part of 바카라사이트 academic community” in order to challenge cultural biases.
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