STEREOTYPES AND BARRIERS FOR WOMEN ADMINISTRATORS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES

It has been long debated that discrimination based on the gender is one of the basic barriers that hinder schools achieving the goals in democratic societies. Researches about tackling gender issues have increased recently and investigated whether there are barriers for women for administration. Since management theories are mostly resembles each other throughout the world within the times, comparative studies need to be done considering the cultural context. The purpose of the paper is to compare and contrast researches about women administration at schools and other institutions together with the barriers and stereotypes they experience in promotion. It was employed qualitative research design to analyze 39 articles published in four journals of education, leadership and gender. The studies analyzed in this paper have concluded that women more or less, or overt or covert had to face with disadvantaged settings compared with men in administrations in different cultures regardless of developmental level of countries.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Women Principals, Administration, Barriers, Stereotypes, Genders,

KADIN YÖNETİCİLER İÇİN FARKLI KÜLTÜRLERDE KALIP YARGILR VE ENGELLER

Demokratik toplumlarda okulların amaçlarını gerçekleştirebilmelerinin önündeki engellerden biri olarak kabul edilen cinsiyet ayrımcılığı literatürde uzun süredir tartışılmaktadır. Bu konuda yapılan araştırmalar yönetimde kadınlara yönelik engellerin olup olmadığını incelemektedir. Yönetim teorilerinin dünya genelinde zaman içerisinde birbiriyle benzeştiği düşünüldüğünde farklı kültürel bağlamlarda karşılaştırmalı çalışmalara ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, kadın eğitim yöneticilerinin farklı toplumsal ve kültürel bağlamlarda sergiledikleri yönetim davranışlarını ve karşılaştıkları kalıp yargıları konu alan uluslar arası nitelikte ve eğitim indekslerinde yer alan makaleleri bazı temalar açısından incelemektir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma desenlerinden iç içe geçmiş durum çalışması modeli kullanılmıştır. Bu doğrultuda eğitim, eğitim yönetimi ve liderlik alanlarında uluslar arası veri tabanlarınca taranan dört eğitim dergisinde yayınlanan kadın eğitim yöneticileri konusunda 39 makale içerik analizine tabi tutularak yorumlanmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre farklı kültürlerde kadınlar, az veya çok, ya da açık veya örtük bir şekilde ülkelerin gelişmişlik düzeyinden bağımsız olarak yönetimde benzer uygulamalarla karşılaşmakta ve erkeklere gore dezavantajlı bir konumda bulunmaktadır.

Keywords:

Kadın Yöneticiler, Yönetim, Kalıp Yargılar, Engeller, Cinsiyet, ,

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