Not Simply ‘Counting Heads’: A Gender Diversity Index for the Team Level

Autor(en)

Anne Laure Humbert, Elisabeth Anna Günther, Jörg Müller

Abstrakt

This article proposes a new composite measure of gender diversity for research teams that goes beyond simply 'counting heads'. This measure adopts a more elaborated understanding of gender diversity than merely relying on the proportion of women and men, by taking into account the outcomes of gendered processes along seven grounds of diversity (age, care responsibilities, marital status, education, tenure, seniority, contractual position). Rather than focus on the individuals or the organisations, this measure is computed at the level of teams. This is because teams constitute a unit of analysis highly relevant to the context of higher education research but are often neglected. Illustrations of the results for STEM research teams are provided to show the potential uses of the Gender Diversity Index as a diagnostic tool (e.g. in certification schemes such as Athena SWAN in the UK and elsewhere), or to measure and report on the progress of gender change within higher education institutions.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Lehrer*innenbildung

Externe Organisation(en)

Oxford Brookes University, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Journal

Social Indicators Research

Band

157

Seiten

689–707

Anzahl der Seiten

19

ISSN

0303-8300

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-021-02635-5

Publikationsdatum

09-2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504014 Gender Studies, 502026 Personalmanagement, 101018 Statistik

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Social Sciences(all), Developmental and Educational Psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Sociology and Political Science

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/not-simply-counting-heads-a-gender-diversity-index-for-the-team-level(ad3646b2-9ad8-4c63-a83b-23149fe09ce9).html