While this research was undertaken in Scandinavia, its take of male shirking of admin is all pretty familiar from my 25 years in UK universities watching my male colleagues refusing necessary administration & leaving female colleagues to pick it up.
As the researchers note, however, once such admin is external-facing, males are willing to pitch in.
Its almost like they like the reputation for contributing but not the actual work.
Ha ha.... yes, the only real implied point of the post is the yawning gap between what 'enlightened' male academic believe about their actions & what actually happens - its the hypocrisy that drove me mad over a quarter of a century of being an academic!!
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