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Success for women library managers ‐ but on whose terms?

Success for women library managers ‐ but on whose terms? Notes that women have made significant inroads into Australian library management over the last decade. Identifies a double‐glazed glass ceiling in Australian libraries and an organizational culture inhospitable to women as managers. Reports on investigations with 20 successful women managers to explore these concerns further. Finds that while management is still presumed to be a full‐time occupation which demands an individual’s total commitment, stories of the women in many instances reveal interruptions for childbearing and child‐rearing. Questions the meaning of “success” in organizational discourse. Highlights the need for a comparative analysis between male and female librarians in terms of career development. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Women In Management Review Emerald Publishing

Success for women library managers ‐ but on whose terms?

Jane Simon
Women In Management Review , Volume 11 (3): 8 – May 1, 1996
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 1996 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
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0964-9425
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10.1108/09649429610117416
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Abstract

Notes that women have made significant inroads into Australian library management over the last decade. Identifies a double‐glazed glass ceiling in Australian libraries and an organizational culture inhospitable to women as managers. Reports on investigations with 20 successful women managers to explore these concerns further. Finds that while management is still presumed to be a full‐time occupation which demands an individual’s total commitment, stories of the women in many instances reveal interruptions for childbearing and child‐rearing. Questions the meaning of “success” in organizational discourse. Highlights the need for a comparative analysis between male and female librarians in terms of career development.

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Women In Management Review – Emerald Publishing

Published: May 1, 1996

Keywords: Australia; Libraries; Management; Women

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