an under researched area in the literature. Universities and colleges are knowledge based organisations especially … universities and colleges with particular emphasis on staff perspectives and expectations. A brief history of performance appraisal …

universities reflects barriers in the academic promotion process. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses three complementary … approaches. Promotion policies and guidelines are examined using content analysis of documents from all Australian universities …. A sample of 17 universities was selected for interviews with key gatekeepers to examine promotions practice. Data on …

professorial recruitment and selection procedures in relation to gender differences at Dutch universities. Design … selection committee reports between 1999‐2003 from six large Dutch universities ( n =682). Findings – The research findings give …

support staff in English universities and the extent to which these might constitute barriers to progression. Design …/methodology/approach – The research was conducted in four universities, two pre‐1992 universities and two post‐1992 universities, based in one … the universities' advancement procedures. Primary data were collected through 26 semi‐structured interviews with senior …

of psychology (17) and engineering (16) in three Madrid universities. Findings – Although the percentage of professors in … Spanish universities who are female is relatively high, compared to many European countries, this quantitative feminization … tacit discriminatory practices. Despite recent measures to reform the recruitment patterns in Spanish universities towards a …

universities. It aims to explore similarities and differences between the career experiences and leadership styles of men and women … this should be used to shape the gender equality schemes developed in universities under the Gender Equality Duty …

/methodology/approach – In total, 32 semi‐structured interviews were conducted with academic staff from ten Universities in England. The data are …