WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP IN THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD. A SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW

Anna Asimaki, Angeliki Manteli, Gerasimos Koustourakis, Archontoula Lagiou

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The aim of this paper is to detect and outline the effect of sex on the job expectations and professional identities of women, in order for them to apply for and be recruited to leadership positions in the educational field, through a review of the scientific literature.   The study and analysis of the content of scientific studies relevant to the topic under investigation highlight the influence of gendered habitus on the career expectations and leadership style adopted by the women active in the educational field, in conjunction with their social and symbolic habitus.  In particular, it emerged that gendered habitus places limitations on women’s career paths, and as a result, the latter are concentrated in the lower echelons of the educational field.  Even in the cases where women manage to advance in the administrative web of education, gendered habitus means they are faced with conflicting professional identities.

 

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