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Siekkinen, Taru; Pekkola, Elias; Carvalho, Teresa – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
The academic profession is challenged by the changing environment. Global trends, such as managerialism and new public management, have been influencing all public organizations, including universities. The academic profession is dynamic by its nature; it reflects any changes in its environment. However, the academic profession is also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, College Faculty, Middle Management
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Tavares, Orlanda; Cardoso, Sónia; Carvalho, Teresa; Sousa, Sofia Branco; Santiago, Rui – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
This paper analyses the inbreeding phenomena in Portuguese public universities. Inbreeding is defined as the recruitment of academics by the same institution that awarded their PhDs. Focusing on 1,217 PhD-holding Portuguese academics, belonging to four public universities and to six disciplinary areas, inbreeding is analysed in order to understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Doctoral Degrees, College Faculty