ABSTRACT

The presence of gender disparities in academia was assessed by analysing the characteristics of the research agendas of academics. Multivariate analysis of variance and structural equation modelling coupled with multi-group analysis were used to identify different gender trajectories. The research agenda preferences of women were less risky and less focused on fields likely to lead to scientific discovery, but were organised in a more collaborative way than those of men. In addition, institutional characteristics were found to influence the research agenda preferences of both women and men. However, the perceived autonomy allowed by a university was more important for female than for male academics to develop more ambitious, collaborative, risky and multidisciplinary efforts. Female academics also needed more time after completing their PhD to develop a preference for riskier research agendas, but past research outputs, the number of co-authors and mobility did not change their agendas.

摘要

通过分析学者研究议程的特征，评估了学术界性别差异的存在。多变量方差分析和结构方程建模结合多组分析被用来识别不同的性别轨迹。女性的研究议程偏好风险较小，也较少关注可能导致科学发现的领域，但与男性相比，其组织方式更具协作性。此外，研究发现机构特征会影响女性和男性的研究议程偏好。然而，大学允许的感知自主权对于女性学者比男性学者更重要，以开展更有雄心、协作、冒险和多学科的努力。