The queen bee phenomenon: What peculiarity at university?

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Gender Relations , Women, University, Profession

Abstract

The objective of this research is to explore the occurrence of the queen bee phenomenon characteristics in a French university by observing in particular whether this effect manifests itself in different forms between the professors-researchers and non-professors staff of different statutory categories. Twenty-two individual semi-structured interviews, conducted with male and female personnel, highlight the prevalence of queen bee characteristic traits among high status female professors, much more than among non-professors women. The results of this exploratory study are discussed in the context of gender-based discrimination likely to impact the women careers in university.

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Rebeca da Rocha Grangeiro, Universidade Federal do Cariri, Juazeiro do Norte (CE), Brasil

Mestrado e Doutorado em Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. Professora da Universidade Federal do Cariri (UFCA), no Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas.

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2021-05-28

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Grangeiro, R. da R., & Esnard, C. (2021). The queen bee phenomenon: What peculiarity at university? . Cadernos De Pesquisa, 51, e07516. Retrieved from https://publicacoes.fcc.org.br/cp/article/view/7516

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Vol. 51 (2021)

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Higher Education, Professions, Work

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