Talking career across disciplines: Peer group mentoring for women academics
This paper presents the lived experiences of eight women academics who were members of a Women’s Group Mentoring Program during a period of rapid change in a university environment. Using a qualitative approach integrated with a participatory action research method, data was generated through the na...
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| description | This paper presents the lived experiences of eight women academics who were members of a Women’s Group Mentoring Program during a period of rapid change in a university environment. Using a qualitative approach integrated with a participatory action research method, data was generated through the narratives of the group members. The analysis identified diversity in strategies used by the women to navigate their career pathways. The findings contribute to the dialogue in universities and similar organisations to attract and retain quality staff in an era of skills shortage created by a workforce close to retirement age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-128af9bae8604702bdcb81c060acaf592024-01-03T22:11:21ZengOxford Brookes UniversityInternational Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and MentoringXXXX-XXXX1741-83052014-02-0112192108Talking career across disciplines: Peer group mentoring for women academicsAnita Collins0Ione Lewis1Elke Stracke2Rebecca Vanderheide3University of CanberraAustralian College of Applied PsychologyUniversity of CanberraMonash UniversityThis paper presents the lived experiences of eight women academics who were members of a Women’s Group Mentoring Program during a period of rapid change in a university environment. Using a qualitative approach integrated with a participatory action research method, data was generated through the narratives of the group members. The analysis identified diversity in strategies used by the women to navigate their career pathways. The findings contribute to the dialogue in universities and similar organisations to attract and retain quality staff in an era of skills shortage created by a workforce close to retirement age.https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/9c51d8e2-3e24-4ab8-90c5-7480bc2a0c05/1/vol12issue1-paper-07.pdfCareer pathwaysgendernarrative enquirypeer group mentoringwomen academics |
| spellingShingle | Anita Collins Ione Lewis Elke Stracke Rebecca Vanderheide Talking career across disciplines: Peer group mentoring for women academics International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring Career pathways gender narrative enquiry peer group mentoring women academics |
| title | Talking career across disciplines: Peer group mentoring for women academics |
| title_full | Talking career across disciplines: Peer group mentoring for women academics |
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| topic | Career pathways gender narrative enquiry peer group mentoring women academics |
| url | https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/9c51d8e2-3e24-4ab8-90c5-7480bc2a0c05/1/vol12issue1-paper-07.pdf |
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