Cultural Barriers to Women's Progression in Academic Careers: A France‐Brazil Comparison Through the Lens of the Queen Bee Phenomena

Catherine Esnard () and Rebeca Grangeiro ()
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Catherine Esnard: CeRCA [Poitiers, Tours] - Centre de recherches sur la cognition et l'apprentissage [UMR 7295] - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - UT - Université de Tours - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Rebeca Grangeiro: UPN SSA - Université Paris Nanterre - UFR Sciences sociales et administration - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre, LAPPS - Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre

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Abstract: Despite significant improvements, women are still underrepresented at high levels in academia. Most research on these inequalities is conducted within a specific national academic system, without taking into account its cultural roots. The aim of the present study was to analyze the extent to which the cultural context acts as a barrier on women's career progression. Specifically, we focused on psychological processes described under the metaphor of Queen Bee Phenomenon that may reflect the ways in which female academics conform to male-gender roles encoded in androcentric social and academic culture. Two samples of women academic, one French (N = 73), the other Brazilian (N = 88), were compared through the lens of two dimension of the Queen Bee Phenomena: self-group distancing and gender hierarchy legitimation. Brazilian women identify more with their female peer group than their French counterparts. French women are more hostile to quotas and more inclined to adhere to meritocratic discourses than their Brazilian counterparts. Both academic contexts tend to perpetuate gender inequalities, but in different ways: by maintaining gender-stereotypical expectations in Brazil and meritocratic ideology in France. The implications for policies to promote a more egalitarian university context are discussed herein.

Keywords: academic carrier; culture; gender; inequality; queen bee phenomena (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Published in Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, inPress, ⟨10.1111/sjop.13078⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/sjop.13078

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