Working in Higher Education
Published on 1. December 1996
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-335-19722-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text offers perspectives on higher education work. It analyzes who are the workers in higher education, their patterns of employment, and what motivates them. It looks at the changing nature of higher education work, the work of academics, professional librarians and information scientists.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19722-4 (9780335197224)
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Content
Part 1 The workers: academic staff - information and data; managing the employment relationship in higher education; does it pay to work in universities?; which of us has a brilliant career?. Part 2 The work: new liberty, new discipline - academic work in the new higher education; professors and professionals; managing how academics manage; work's committees; geographical transitions. Part 3 The work context: just like the novels? researching the occupational culture(s) of higher education; which profession are you in?; autonomy, bureaucracy and competition - the ABC of control in higher education; all work and no play.