External pressures, like political, economic and technological factors, as well as competition
at labour and education markets have challenged higher education institutions to reconsider …

The role of academics in universities worldwide has undergone unprecedented change over
the past decade. In this book Fanghanel discusses the effect on academics of modes of …

Strategic agency and institutional change: investigating the role of universities in regional
innovation systems (RISs). Regional Studies. Past analyses rooted in the thick description of …

Based on the job demands-resources model and role conflict theories, we developed and
tested hypotheses to elucidate the consequences that work-to-life and life-to-work conflicts …

Purpose–Few research has addressed the factors that undermine people's subjective
perceptions of career success. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to further illuminate the …

Precarious work is associated with and characterizes the effects of neoliberal policy—the
transference of economic risk onto workers, the erosion of workers' rights, the flexibilization …

Levels of career support for sessional academics vary widely. This paper surveyed 109
sessional academics and demonstrates that a lack of career development for them is a …

Changes in the higher education system have resulted in increased demands on
effectiveness and marketisation. These demands have changed what it means to do …

This study concerns some of the implications of the increasing commodification of the higher
education sector. It tries to highlight how higher education institutions have developed in the …

A qualitative study conducted with Portuguese academics of both genders was devised to
better understand the interface between work and family life. The academics seemed to …