Journal article
Women Don't Ask? Women Don't Say No? Bargaining and Service in the Political Science Profession
PS, political science & politics, Vol.46(2), pp.355-369
04/2013
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096513000073
Abstract
This article examines the dual problems of “women don't ask” and “women don't say no” in the academic profession. First, we consider whether female faculty bargain more or less frequently than male faculty about such resources as salary, research support, clerical support, moving expenses, and spousal accommodation. Analyzing a 2009 APSA survey, we find that women are more likely to ask for resources than men when considering most categories of bargaining issues. This finding goes against conventional wisdom in the literature on gender and bargaining that suggests that women are less likely to bargain than men. Second, we seek to understand if women are reluctant to say no when asked to provide service at the department, college, university, or disciplinary levels. We find that women are asked to provide more service and that they agree to serve more frequently than men. We also find that the service women provide is more typically “token” service, as women are less likely to be asked by their colleagues to serve as department chair, to chair committees, or to lead academic programs. The implications of these results for the leaky pipeline in the academic profession are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Women Don't Ask? Women Don't Say No? Bargaining and Service in the Political Science Profession
- Creators
- Sara McLaughlin Mitchell - 1University of IowaVicki L Hesli - 2University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- PS, political science & politics, Vol.46(2), pp.355-369
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; New York, USA
- DOI
- 10.1017/S1049096513000073
- ISSN
- 1049-0965
- eISSN
- 1537-5935
- Number of pages
- 15
- Alternative title
- The Profession: Bargaining and Service in the Political Science Profession; Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and Vicki L. Hesli
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2013
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive); Political Science; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9983921852302771
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