Working in Higher Education

Cuthbert, Robert E. (EDT)

Open Univ Pr（1996/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 225 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780335197224
• DDC分類 378.125

Full 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.

Contents

Part 1 The workersemployment 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.