Organisational Characteristics That Facilitate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Higher Education?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology and Theoretical Perspective
3. The Nature of the Academic Context: A Facilitator for GBVH?
3.1. Male Dominant Hierarchies
3.2. Neoliberal Managerialist Ethos
3.3. Gender/Intersectional Incompetent Leadership
4. Summary and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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O’Connor, P.; Hodgins, M.; Woods, D.R.; Wallwaey, E.; Palmen, R.; Van Den Brink, M.; Schmidt, E.K. Organisational Characteristics That Facilitate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Higher Education? Adm. Sci. 2021, 11, 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci11040138
O’Connor P, Hodgins M, Woods DR, Wallwaey E, Palmen R, Van Den Brink M, Schmidt EK. Organisational Characteristics That Facilitate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Higher Education? Administrative Sciences. 2021; 11(4):138. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci11040138
Chicago/Turabian StyleO’Connor, Pat, Margaret Hodgins, Dorian R. Woods, Elisa Wallwaey, Rachel Palmen, Marieke Van Den Brink, and Evanthia Kalpazidou Schmidt. 2021. "Organisational Characteristics That Facilitate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Higher Education?" Administrative Sciences 11, no. 4: 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci11040138