Women law professors-negotiating and transcending gender identities at work

Wells, Celia

doi:10.1023/a:1014996929238

Women law professors-negotiating and transcending gender identities at work

Wells, Celia

Authors

Celia Wells

Abstract

This paper reports a research project on womenlaw professors in the U.K. Despite theirsimilar social and educational backgrounds,successful women legal academics disclosemarked differences in their perceptions of theinfluence of gender on their work identities.Many emphasise the caring and pastoral rolesthey adopt, or are expected to adopt.Organisational cultures also emerge as asignificant factor in determining the genderexperiences of women law professors. The fewwith experience as head of school downplay thesignificance of gender while simultaneouslyacknowledging the influence of genderconstructions and expectations.

Citation

Wells, C. (2002). Women law professors-negotiating and transcending gender identities at work. Feminist Legal Studies, 10(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1014996929238

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2002
Deposit Date	Mar 28, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Dec 14, 2017
Journal	Feminist Legal Studies
Print ISSN	0966-3622
Electronic ISSN	1572-8455
Publisher	Springer
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	10
Issue	1
Pages	1-36
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1014996929238
Keywords	Gender experiences, Gender perceptions, Law schools, Organisational cultures, Universities, Women professors.