La investigación de los diferenciales de género en el liderazgo académico: potencialidades del hacer narrativo

Abstract

One of the essential tasks in reducing gender imbalances in academia is to identify and understand how discriminatory practices occur and how they can be reversed. As a consequence, research in this area has become a highly relevant topic among the scientific community, which has given rise to a field of knowledge in its own right, gender studies, and to a large and extensive body of literature. In this context, one of the issues to which most attention has been devoted is the subject of feminist research methodologies. Although more than 30 years have passed since Sandra Harding considered the possible existence of a feminist method of study, the debate is still alive and kicking. For this reason, this paper aims to contribute knowledge about research approaches in gender studies and, in particular, in academic leadership. It analyses the potential of the quantitative and qualitative paradigm in this field, and describes the possibilities that the narrative tradition offers for investigating female university leadership. The aim is to contribute to the strengthening of research in gender studies and, ultimately, to advance the achievement of equality in higher education institutions.