Women Who Succeed in Broadcast Communications Academe: A Feminist Success Story
In: Journalism quarterly, Band 71, Heft 4, S. 960-972
This study evaluates women as constructivists – viewing knowledge as contextual and experiencing themselves as creators of knowledge – and as proceduralists – seeking gratification in pleasing others and applying objective procedures to obtain knowledge – in relationship to success as academics in broadcast communications. How these women define success, how their epistemology influences self-defined success, and what factors prevent success are the study questions.