M. Poole et L. Bornholt, CAREER-DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMICS - CROSS-CULTURAL AND LIFE-SPAN FACTORS, International journal of behavioral development, 22(1), 1998, pp. 103-126
This study takes a lifespan perspective on academic career development
across several countries, in examining contributions to aspects of ac
ademic work in terms of gender, age groups, and years of experience in
higher education. The study was based on the recent International Sur
vey of the Academic Profession (Altbach, 1996). Findings suggest commo
n themes regarding attitudes and activities within the gendered contex
t of academic work that vary from one country to another and among wor
king conditions, activities of teaching, research and service, issues
of governance and management, and international dimensions of academic
work. A general model is then described of activities and attitudes t
hat constitute academic work. These findings are discussed in terms of
strategies for career development that optimise the academic in a con
text.