Open AccessDescending the career ladder
Author(s) -
Griffin Elizabeth
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-4004.2002.43617.x
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , quality (philosophy) , business , term (time) , sociology , psychology , public relations , political science , computer science , physics , machine learning , quantum mechanics
Elizabeth Griffin brings a personal insight to the hurdles that women seeking a scientific career face, arguing that the only gender differences are those of attitude, tradition and style. Abstract The policy of employing some but not all academic researchers through short‐term contracts is highly divisive, in that it creates a two‐tier system not only of opportunities and expectations but also of personal worth and value. Far more women than men are trapped in these career cul‐de‐sacs, and a seriously large fraction is unable to stay in research until retirement. It is the employment policy that is at fault, not the potential of the researchers or the quality of their research.