Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-Making
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Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-Making

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-Making

About this book

Against a background of changing patterns of academic labour in the UK and other English speaking countries, this book draws on empirical research which identifies a shift towards more open-ended approaches to roles and careers in higher education. This has resulted in what the authors describe as 'concertina-like' careers, in which individuals stretch the spaces and timescales available to them. Underpinning this process, the concept of 'career scripts' shows how the career paths of individuals may be informed by formal career structures (Institutional scripts) but also by activity associated with professional practice (Practice scripts), and by personal strengths, interests and commitments (Internal scripts). This has led to new forms of activity, within both the formal institutional economy, including promotion criteria and prescribed career pathways, and the informal institutional economy, represented by personal interests and initiatives, professional relationships and networks. The 'concertina' process enables individuals to address a series of common misalignments and disjunctures within formal institutional economies, including those associated with disciplinary and departmental affiliations, job profiles, progression criteria, and work allocation models. The book also explores directions that academic careers may take in the future, and how institutions might adapt to these changes.

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Yes, you can access Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-Making by Celia Whitchurch,William Locke,Giulio Marini in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Éducation & Éducation comparative. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781350282537
eBook ISBN
9781350282551
Edition
1
Topic
Éducation
Subtopic
Éducation comparative

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Series Editor’s Foreword
  10. Notes on Authors
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. 1 The Changing Parameters of Academic Work
  13. 2 Academic Career Trajectories and Aspirations
  14. 3 The Study and Early Findings
  15. 4 The Significance of Career Scripts
  16. 5 The Rise of the Concertina Career
  17. 6 Negotiating Misalignments and Disjunctures
  18. 7 Whither the Academic Profession?
  19. 8 Rethinking Academic Careers in a Post-Pandemic World
  20. Appendix 1 Survey Questionnaire
  21. Appendix 2 Topic Guide for First Round of Interviews, Autumn 2017 to Spring 2018
  22. Appendix 3 Topic Guide for Second Round of Interviews, Autumn 2019 to Spring 2020
  23. References
  24. Index
  25. Copyright Page