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\nJennifer Dengate  \nUniversity of MANITOBA  \nRenée Hoffart University of MANITOBA  \nTracey Peter  \nUniversity of MANITOBA  \nAnnemieke Farenhorst University of MANITOBA  \nTamara Franz-Odendaal Mount Saint Vincent University  \nAbstract  \nUsing a sample of women natural sciences and engineering (NSE) faculty members from 13 Canadian universities, we investigated the impact of women academic leaders on women professors’ perceptions of gender bias. Logistic regression analyses indicated that professors who perceived more workplace gender bias were more likely to feel that they needed to work harder to be seen as legitimate scholars than those who perceived less gender bias. However, professors who perceived that women were better represented amongst their faculty/college and university leadership were significantly less likely to feel that they needed to work harder for legitimacy than those who perceived greater gender bias in leadership. These results suggest that addressing gendered university hierarchies may moderate the impact of gender bias on women in NSE units. Keywords: leadership, gender, professors, natural sciences, engineering, Canada  \nRésumé  \nNotre étude porte sur l’influence des femmes en position de leadership en milieu universitaire sur la perception des préjugéssexistes chez les professeures. L’échantillon étudié comporte des femmes du corps professoral en sciences naturelles eten génie (SNG) parmi 13 universités canadiennes. Des analyses fondées sur des régressions logistiques montrent que les professeures qui perçoivent davantage de préjugés sexistes en milieu de travail sentent qu’elles doivent travailler plus fort pour se sentir légitimes, comparativement à celles qui perçoivent moins ces mêmes préjugés. Toutefois, si le corps professoral et la direction comptent des femmes, les professeures ressentent beaucoup moins l’obligation de travailler plus fort pour se sentir légitimes, comparativement à celles qui perçoivent plus de préjugés au sein de la direction. Les résultats donnent à penser qu’une réflexion sur la hiérarchie genrée en milieu universitaire pourrait atténuer les effets des préjugés sexistes sur les femmes en SNG.  \nMots-clés : leadership, genre, professeures, sciences naturelles, ingénierie, Canada  \nIntroduction  \nThere is an extensive literature describing gender biased workplace climates in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) departments/ units (e.g. , Fox, 2010; Settles et al. , 2006) . Women report experiencing a wide array of inequities relative to  \ntheir male colleagues including less research support (Xu, 2008); a disproportionate responsibility for service and addressing students’ personal problems (Dengate, Peter, & Farenhorst, 2019; Misra et al. , 2011); and harassment and uncivil treatment from colleagues and students (Clancy et al. , 2017; Dengate, Peter, Farenhorst, & Franz-Odendaal, 2019) .  \nCanadian Journal of Higher Education | Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur 51:2 (2021)   \nIn contrast, the extent and consequences of gender bias in academic leadership appears under-explored. Moreover, the impact of women academic leaders on women STEM professors’ workplace experiences remains under-examined despite evidence that women leaders positively influence academic workplaces (Chesterman et al. , 2003; Tomàs et al. , 2010); and that women role models can help mitigate gender bias in STEM (Dasgupta, 2011; Stout et al. , 2011) . Studies of gender bias in STEM leadership tend to, instead, describe the barriers that aspiring women leaders encounter (McCullough, 2011); women STEM leaders’ experiences, including in industry contexts (Marinelli & Lord, 2014); initiatives to increase women’s representation amongst academic leadership (Bilimoria & Liang, 2014); or the characteristics of effective women academic leaders (Tomàs et al. , 2010) .  \nThe gap in the l","cbCaiaU6XiFFrQBx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaU6XiFFrQBx","pdf",242134,14,"English","# Abstract\n## Introduction\n## Canadian Context: Gendered Universities","[{\"question\":\"What does the study investigate about women academic leaders?\",\"answer\":\"The study investigates how women academic leaders influence women NSE professors’ perceptions of gender bias and their sense that they must work harder to be viewed as legitimate scholars.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the study results analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"Logistic regression analyses were conducted using a sample of women NSE faculty from 13 Canadian universities to test the relationships between perceived gender bias, leadership representation, and professors’ legitimacy feelings.\"},{\"question\":\"How does perceived leadership representation affect professors’ perceptions?\",\"answer\":\"Professors who perceived that women were better represented among faculty/college and university leadership were less likely to feel they needed to work harder for legitimacy than those who perceived greater gender bias in leadership.\"}]","The Effect of Women Academic Leaders on Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Professors | PDF",1792084015,35]