Perceptions of Undergraduate University Students about Working Conditions of Women Academic Staff

dc.creator	Hatice YALÇIN
dc.creator	Murat DEMİREKİN
dc.date	2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:29:39Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:29:39Z
dc.identifier	10.5961/jhes.2013.072
dc.identifier	2146-5959
dc.identifier	2146-5967
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/831532c1e9a44145bce1bb1b897f2aee
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30861
dc.description	Women constitute nearly 41%of academic staff in our country. Among all academic staff, the ratio of female academicians is increasing as it is approached to rural areas from suburbs. This study aims to reveal the perceptions of undergraduate education students about female academicians’ working life conditions. Considering available time and facilities, the universe of research was limited within a university; as it was primarily intended to reveal students’ individual perceptions on the conditions of women academics, the students’ being at the undergraduate level was at the fore front of study rather than the academic departments of the university. The survey data form were applied to 157 female and 104 male undergraduate students (N = 261) studying at faculties and schools of the university where the survey was applied excluding freshmen classes.. Descriptive tests were used to evaluate the data. The findings were evaluated by x ² test, which were formerly tested according to the desires of students on what to get on their education and whether they were willing to be academicians. 54%of female students involved in the research stated that they were “partially” satisfied with the female academics. While 74,3%of the students agreed on the question “Should women work as academicians?”, only 2.2%percent stated that women should not work as academicians. 47,8%consider that there is a partial discrimination between the male and female members of academic life. 47,1%mentioned that working as an academician was a barrier to being a good mother or a good wife and 69,7%stated that working as a female academician was a tough work. 23,7%of the students think that being an academician is mostly beneficial in terms of personal development for a woman. 79,6%stated that the biggest challenge for female academics is to sustain the academic studies as well as being a mother and a wife. The best advantage of being female academician was revealed as one’s prestige over her husband, family and within the social circles. As a result of the findings, it can be concluded that students are usually aware of the problems about the conditions of female academicians, and they have developed some sensitivity to the issue.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Bülent Ecevit University
dc.relation	http://higheredu-sci.org/pdf.php3?id=1617
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2146-5959
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2146-5967
dc.source	Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 166-172 (2013)
dc.subject	Women academic staff
dc.subject	Undergraduate
dc.subject	Student
dc.subject	Perception
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Perceptions of Undergraduate University Students about Working Conditions of Women Academic Staff
dc.type	article