Negotiating a career in the academy: A comparison of decisions, strategies and definitions of success as described by male and female university administrators.

The problem of under representation of women in senior ranks of academia persists. The literature posits that at the heart of the issue are masculinist-gendered organizations that remain covertly inhospitable to women, families, and flexible career paths. After 40 years of examination and activism, academic women have not managed to shift the balance of power.