The gendered nature of vulnerability in higher education: The case of Türkiye

Uçel, Ela Burcu; Yıldırım, Cansu; Kars-Ünlüoğlu, Selen; Kurt Yılmaz, Benan

Abstract

Vulnerability and exclusion have been explored from a career lens, with concepts such as the glass ceiling (Cotter et al., 2001), glass chains (Arifeen and Gatrell, 2020), glass cliffs (Ryan and Haslam, 2007), sticky floors (Booth et al., 2003), and maternal walls (Williams and Segal, 2003). However, other more subtle patterns of vulnerability, including gender “micro-inequities” (Rowe, 2008), also influence how women experience work and have a cumulative, corrosive effect that maintains unequal opportunity (Rowe, 2008). This chapter explores women’s vulnerability in Turkish higher education institutions through an exploration of the gendered dimension of the “chilly climate” (Hall and Sandler, 1982) on the lived experiences of women academics to understand the subtle, as well as more overt, ways in which women are treated differently in the workplace.

• Online Publication Date: Jan 20, 2025
• Publication Date: Mar 4, 2025
• Deposit Date: Jan 31, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 21, 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 127-137
• Book Title: Women, Organizations and Vulnerability: Global Archetypes
• Chapter Number: 11
• ISBN: 9781032623191
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032627175
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13660732
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/Women-Organizations-and-Vulnerability-Global-Archetypes/Gaggiotti-Diaz-Carrion/p/book/9781032623191?srsltid=AfmBOooAJEnpGICHHLTZ60-sxklpdokUnh4VBuAydSsy226BiE0660ZF