Transnational Women in Globalised Times: Exploring Glass Ceilings, Glass Walls and Other Fragile Metaphors of Leading Education
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| Title: | Transnational Women in Globalised Times: Exploring Glass Ceilings, Glass Walls and Other Fragile Metaphors of Leading Education |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Nicola Sum (ORCID |
| Source: | Globalisation, Societies and Education. 2026 24(2):518-530. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Women Faculty, Gender Discrimination, Foreign Workers, Teacher Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Global Approach, Lifelong Learning, Advocacy, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia, United States, New Zealand |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767724.2023.2248913 |
| ISSN: | 1476-7724 1476-7732 |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the experiences of transnational women educators, who lead in education institutions in globally imbricated home and host schooling contexts, focusing on how they negotiate glass ceilings and borders in their work and their life choices. The purpose is to extend scholarship on women in educational leadership, which is often framed as a binary of national and international scales, thereby omitting large numbers of educators who work "and" exist transnationally. Women continue to represent a large portion of the education profession globally, whose "roots" and "routes" criss-cross over national borders defining them in the process as transnational. Yet there remains a dearth of research addressing their experiences as transnational women educators, and in educational leadership positions in particular. This study uses narratives of transnational women to explore the professional life and personal reflections of six women who have worked across diverse school leadership roles. The findings of the study highlight the simultaneity of women's lives and leadership practice across borders, and indicates scope for further research to move beyond binarised understandings of space. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1503631 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the experiences of transnational women educators, who lead in education institutions in globally imbricated home and host schooling contexts, focusing on how they negotiate glass ceilings and borders in their work and their life choices. The purpose is to extend scholarship on women in educational leadership, which is often framed as a binary of national and international scales, thereby omitting large numbers of educators who work "and" exist transnationally. Women continue to represent a large portion of the education profession globally, whose "roots" and "routes" criss-cross over national borders defining them in the process as transnational. Yet there remains a dearth of research addressing their experiences as transnational women educators, and in educational leadership positions in particular. This study uses narratives of transnational women to explore the professional life and personal reflections of six women who have worked across diverse school leadership roles. The findings of the study highlight the simultaneity of women's lives and leadership practice across borders, and indicates scope for further research to move beyond binarised understandings of space. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7724 1476-7732 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767724.2023.2248913 |
