dc.contributor.author | Potvin, Dominique A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burdfield-Steel, Emily | |
dc.contributor.author | Potvin, Jacqueline M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Heap, Stephen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-18T09:08:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-18T09:08:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Potvin, D. A., Burdfield-Steel, E., Potvin, J. M., & Heap, S. (2018). Diversity begets diversity : A global perspective on gender equality in scientific society leadership. <i>PLoS ONE</i>, <i>13</i>(5), Article e0197280. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197280" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197280</a> | |
dc.identifier.other | CONVID_28077203 | |
dc.identifier.other | TUTKAID_77768 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/58608 | |
dc.description.abstract | Research shows that gender inequality is still a major issue in academic science, yet academic societies may serve as underappreciated and effective avenues for promoting female leadership. That is, society membership is often self-selective, and board positions are elected (with a high turnover compared to institutions)—these characteristics, among others, may thus create an environment conducive to gender equality. We therefore investigate this potential using an information-theoretic approach to quantify gender equality (male:female ratios) in zoology society boards around the world. We compare alternative models to analyze how society characteristics might predict or correlate with the proportion of female leaders, and find that a cultural model, including society age, size of board and whether or not a society had an outward commitment or statement of equality, was the most informative predictor for the gender ratio of society boards and leadership positions. This model was more informative than alternatives that considered, for instance, geographic location, discipline of study or taxonomic focus. While women were more highly represented in society leadership than in institutional academic leadership, this representation was still far short of equal (~30%): we thus also provide a checklist and recommendations for societies to contribute to global gender equality in science. | fi |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | PLoS ONE | |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
dc.subject.other | seksuaalisuus | fi |
dc.subject.other | sukupuoli | fi |
dc.subject.other | sosiaaliset suhteet | fi |
dc.subject.other | historiallinen maantiede | fi |
dc.subject.other | sukupuolisyrjintä | fi |
dc.subject.other | sosiaaliset verkostot | fi |
dc.subject.other | kulttuurimaantiede | fi |
dc.subject.other | sexual and gender issues | fi |
dc.subject.other | social systems | fi |
dc.subject.other | zoology | fi |
dc.subject.other | historical geography | fi |
dc.subject.other | gender discrimination | fi |
dc.subject.other | social networks | fi |
dc.subject.other | careers | fi |
dc.subject.other | cultural geography | fi |
dc.title | Diversity begets diversity : A global perspective on gender equality in scientific society leadership | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201806042991 | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | Department of Biological and Environmental Science | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Biologisten vuorovaikutusten huippututkimusyksikkö | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions Research | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.date.updated | 2018-06-04T06:15:22Z | |
dc.type.coar | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1 | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.relation.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 5 | |
dc.relation.volume | 13 | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © 2018 Potvin et al. | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
dc.subject.yso | tasa-arvo | |
dc.subject.yso | sukupuolirakenne | |
dc.subject.yso | tiedeyhteisöt | |
dc.subject.yso | tieteelliset seurat | |
dc.format.content | fulltext | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p2399 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p14346 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p14035 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p15505 | |
dc.rights.url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.relation.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0197280 | |
dc.type.okm | A1 | |