TURKISH WOMEN IN ACADEMIA : ROLES AND CAREERS

This article discusses the findings of a stııdy done\non a group of Turkish women faculty members in-\nvestigating their motivations, career commitments,\nrole perceptions. role performances and self-evalua-\ntions. It focuses on tracing the evolution of female\nacademics' career patterns via an analysis of their\nsocial background characteristics, role priorities,\nemerging role conflicts and attempts at conflict re-\nsolution. The aim of the study, based on in-depth\ninvestigation of a limited number of cases, has been\nto suggest hypotheses regarding the conditions and\nproblems of professional women in a society cha-\nracterized by conflicting formal and informal norms\nregarding women. To this end, two ideal-typical\nprofiles of academic women were developed as pos-\nsible guidelines to further analysis.