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Numéro spécial de la revue Gender in ManagementThis special issue will bring together studies focusing on women in academia and their experiences. While organizations have become increasingly aware of gender balance and issues related to women managers, research on work-related issues focusing on academia is primarily addressed as a universal phenomenon with little attention to experiences of academic and academic related women. The demands on University academic and related staff focus on teaching, research and administration. With increased expectations for performance accountability from staff engaged in higher academic institutions, professional space in Universities has become highly competitive leading to substantial increase in academic workload as well as faculty stress. Such changes in University work environment have raised several questions:• How do women academics and related staff cope with the demands of the job?• Do the male majority limit opportunities available to female counterparts?• Do female professors engage in political dynamics of Universities and/or gain from it?• Is gender bias prevalent in Universities?• Is University work environment family friendly?• Do Universities have adequate Human Resource Management mechanisms to balance interests of diverse workforce?Gender in Management: an International Journal has published research articles focusing on a wide range of gender issues, but few studies have focused on specific issues facing women academics and academic related staff working in University departments or colleges. The proportion of female academics and/ or administrators in centres of higher education, such as Universities, has not been very encouraging, a likely outcome of the demanding character of academic jobs combined with gendered nature of university work environment.This special issue will surface the workplace issues faced by women in academia and direct research attention to Universities as organizations.Lire la suite : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/authors/writing/calls.htm?id=4679Deadline: 30 août 2013