Invisible barriers: the career progress of women secondary school principals in Greece
Invisible barriers: the career progress of women secondary school principals in Greece
This paper examines the career progress of female principals in Greek secondary schools and the under?representation of women in management positions. Drawing on in?depth interviews with six women principals in Athens, the paper considers the factors affecting women's participation in school management. The findings demonstrate that women are greatly under?represented in secondary school management positions. The main reasons for this disadvantage are personal factors, covert discrimination, gender stereotypes and constraints experienced through their socially defined roles
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Kaparou, Maria
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Bush, Tony
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March 2007
Kaparou, Maria
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Bush, Tony
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Kaparou, Maria and Bush, Tony
(2007)
Invisible barriers: the career progress of women secondary school principals in Greece.
Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 37 (2), .
(doi:10.1080/03057920601165587).
Abstract
This paper examines the career progress of female principals in Greek secondary schools and the under?representation of women in management positions. Drawing on in?depth interviews with six women principals in Athens, the paper considers the factors affecting women's participation in school management. The findings demonstrate that women are greatly under?represented in secondary school management positions. The main reasons for this disadvantage are personal factors, covert discrimination, gender stereotypes and constraints experienced through their socially defined roles
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Published date: March 2007
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