Market for Academics

Informationen zum Autor Christine Musselin is Lecturer at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and Senior CNRS researcher at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations. Klappentext The management of faculty careers is a critical issue in university autonomy, and in many countries recent reforms have increasingly addressed this area. Musselin examines this crucial issue through the use of exhaustive empirical research - including over 200 interviews - on academic job hiring practices and faculty career patterns. Zusammenfassung The management of faculty careers is a critical issue in university autonomy, and in many countries recent reforms have increasingly addressed this area. Musselin examines this crucial issue through the use of exhaustive empirical research – including over 200 interviews – on academic job hiring practices and faculty career patterns. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword to the English Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Academic Careers: Each Country has its Own Rules 2. Three National Labor Supply Construction Models 3. Forming Collective Judgments 4. Exercising Judgment to Select a Few Candidates from Among the Many 5. Uncertainty about Quality 6. "Pricing" Academics 7. Career Dynamics and Models of the Academic Profession. Conclusion Appendix: Tables A-H Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Tania G. Jones Cassidy, Christine Musselin, Christine Musselin, Christine (Centre De Sociologie Des Orga Musselin, Christine (Centre de Sociologie des Organisations Musselin, Musselin Christine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.2012
• EAN: 9780415654517
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65451-7
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Studies in Higher Education; Studies in Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung