Abstract

Current study investigates the gender gap in academic promotions in Turkey taking a new perspective on the widely established existence of gender inequality in academia. The dataset includes the eight most-prominent research universities in Turkey and the nature of the ‘glass ceiling’ is explored by looking at the gendered distributions of: (1) academic seats -indicating academic performances, and (2) coauthorship patterns concerning genders. Findings suggest that there is gender disparity in academic performances as well as in academic promotions. In addition, gender is found to be a significant factor in explaining the current situation in academic ranks and subtle discrimination practices may exist instead of overt discrimination practices as it is also suggested in previous studies. In sum, results show two main points: (1) There is evidence of gender gap in academic promotions in Turkey, (2) A new variable –cross gender coauthorship- for glass ceiling research may provide further insight about the issue.

摘要

当前的研究对土耳其学术晋升中的性别差距进行了调查，并对学术界普遍存在的性别不平等现象提出了新观点。该数据集包括土耳其八所最著名的研究型大学，“玻璃天花板”的性质是通过观察以下性别分布来探讨的：（1）学术席位-指示学术表现，以及（2）有关性别的共同作者模式。研究结果表明，在学术表现和学术晋升中存在性别差异。此外，发现性别是解释学术队伍当前状况的重要因素，并且可能存在细微的歧视行为，而不是像先前研究中所建议的那样公开的歧视行为。总而言之，结果表明了两个要点：