TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional networks, science ability, and gender determinants of three types of leadership in academic science and engineering
AU - Parker, Marla
AU - Welch, Eric W.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the National Science Foundation for their support and the many scientists who took the time to respond to the survey and provide data for this research. Data analyzed in this article were collected under the auspices of the 2005–2009 project, “Women in Science and Engineering: Network Access, Participation, and Career Outcomes” ( NSF grant #REC-0529642 ). We would also like to acknowledge the anonymous reviewers who were instrumental in improving the paper.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - This paper examines the factors associated with holding leadership positions among men and women academic scientists. We develop hypotheses for three determinants of leadership: professional networks, science ability, and gender. We test the resulting model on the likelihood of holding three different types of academic science leadership-research center leadership, university administrative leadership, and discipline leadership. Findings show that while science productivity and reputation are strongly associated with having either a center or discipline leadership position, they are less strongly associated with administrative leadership. Also, larger and more dense collaboration networks predict having a center leadership position, but the opposite is true for holding an administrative leadership position. Women are more likely to be in discipline leadership positions and less likely to be a leader of a research center or have an administrative university leadership position. Finally, having more women in the network reduces the likelihood of holding discipline or center leadership positions. Interpretations of findings and conclusions explore the potential implications for theory, practice and policy.
AB - This paper examines the factors associated with holding leadership positions among men and women academic scientists. We develop hypotheses for three determinants of leadership: professional networks, science ability, and gender. We test the resulting model on the likelihood of holding three different types of academic science leadership-research center leadership, university administrative leadership, and discipline leadership. Findings show that while science productivity and reputation are strongly associated with having either a center or discipline leadership position, they are less strongly associated with administrative leadership. Also, larger and more dense collaboration networks predict having a center leadership position, but the opposite is true for holding an administrative leadership position. Women are more likely to be in discipline leadership positions and less likely to be a leader of a research center or have an administrative university leadership position. Finally, having more women in the network reduces the likelihood of holding discipline or center leadership positions. Interpretations of findings and conclusions explore the potential implications for theory, practice and policy.
KW - Academic science
KW - Gender and social networks
KW - Leadership
KW - Productivity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.01.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84875113889
SN - 1048-9843
VL - 24
SP - 332
EP - 348
JO - Leadership Quarterly
JF - Leadership Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -