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Zusatztext A compelling book, an exciting theoretical underpinning, a richness of survey and interview data. An empirical study of UK academics’ changing working conditions, career trajectories, pressures, aspirations and interests. An excellent read! Informationen zum Autor Celia Whitchurch is Associate Professor at the Centre for Global Higher Education at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. William Locke is Professor and Director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Giulio Marini is Teaching Fellow in the Social Science Research Institute at University College London, UK. Klappentext 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 I nternal 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. Vorwort Explores how a diversifying academic workforce are adopting increasingly bespoke approaches to roles, harnessing formal and informal institutional economies to negotiate misalignments and disjunctures. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor’s ForewordAc...
