Challenging approaches to academic career-making / Celia Whitchurch, William Locke and Giulio Marini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitchurch, Celia, author.

Locke, William, author.

Marini, Giulio, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury higher education research

Bloomsbury Higher Education Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Study and teaching.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Vocational guidance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Drawing on empirical research, this book develops the concept of career scripts to show how contemporary academic faculty in the UK and other English-speaking countries approach their roles and careers. The career paths of individuals may be informed by personal strengths, interests and commitments, by activity associated with professional practice (represented by Practice scripts), and by formal career structures (represented by Institutional scripts). Internal and Practice scripts have in turn led to new forms of activity, within both formal and informal institutional economies. Whereas the formal economy is represented by, for example, promotion criteria and career pathways, with visible, quantifiable markers, the informal economy is represented by personal interests and initiatives, together with professional relationships and networks that may be unique to the individual. This book shows how, by drawing on Internal and Practice scripts, individuals develop concertina-like careers, stretching the spaces and timescales available to them. At the same time, they are able to address misalignments and disjunctures that they encounter, including those associated with disciplinary and departmental affiliations, job profiles, progression criteria, and work allocation models. As a result, the authors identify a shift towards more open-ended approaches to roles and careers.

ISBN:

9781350282568

OCLC:

1371143249

Access Restriction:

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