Forming, Recruiting and Managing the Academic Profession (The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective Book 14)

This book focuses on the changes in academic careers and their implications for job attachment and the management of academic work. Against the background of an ageing profession, with different demands on academic staff, increasing insecurity, accountability and internationalisation, it discusses important, common themes in detail. This book examines such aspects as the nature of academic careers and recent changes in careers, changing biographies, rewards of academic work such as income and job satisfaction, internationalisation of the academy, and the organisation and management of academic work sites. This book is the second of two books highlighting findings from research on the academic profession, notably, the Changing Academic Profession Study and the European project supported by the European Science Foundation on changes in the academic profession in Europe (EUROAC). An adapted version of the CAP questionnaire has been used to carry out the survey in those countries that had not been involved before in the CAP survey. Altogether 19 countries are covered by the CAP project and an additional seven European countries are covered by EUROAC. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Forming, Recruiting and Managing the Academic Profession: A Varied Scene....Pages 1-10 The Academic Profession and its Changing Environments....Pages 11-21 Changing Biographies and Careers of Academics....Pages 23-50 What Academics Want from Their Professors: Findings from a Study of Professorial Academic Leadership in the UK....Pages 51-78 The Rise of Third Space Professionals: Paradoxes and Dilemmas....Pages 79-99 The Influence of New Higher Education Professionals on Academic Work....Pages 101-111 Work Jurisdiction of New Higher Education Professionals....Pages 113-144 Recruitment of Academics in Switzerland: e pluribus unum?....Pages 145-161 An Empirical Study on Impact Factors of Faculty Remuneration Across 18 Higher Education Systems....Pages 163-185 Academic Job Satisfaction from an International Comparative Perspective....Pages 187-209 Academics Under Pressure: Fear and Loathing in Finnish Universities?....Pages 211-223 Intention to Leave Academia and Job Satisfaction Among Faculty Members: An Exploration Based on the International CAP Survey....Pages 225-239 International Aspects of Academic Work and Career at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century....Pages 241-258 The Internationalization of the Academy in East Asia....Pages 259-270 Perspectives on Professional Development: The Voice of Irish Academics....Pages 271-295 Increasing the Attractiveness of the Academic Profession: A Challenge for Management....Pages 297-315 How National Contexts Shape Academic Careers: A Preliminary Analysis....Pages 317-328