Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-Making

by William Locke and Celia Whitchurch

Book Overview

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'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135028257X
• ISBN13: 9781350282575
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"