Career Development International: Volume 19 Issue 3

Careers patterns in Greek academia: social capital and intelligent careers, but for whom?

Nikos Bozionelos

The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive account for careers within the Greek academic system. Historical, cultural and geographical features of the country have…

A kaleidoscope career perspective on faculty sabbaticals

Shawn M. Carraher, Madeline M. Crocitto, Sherry Sullivan

Although the sabbatical leave is an integral part of academic life, there has been relatively little empirical, theory-driven research of the process. The purpose of this paper is…

Women's careers in the Arab Middle East: Understanding institutional constraints to the boundaryless career view

Fida Afiouni

The purpose of this paper is to examine how women academics from the Arab Middle East enact their careers with reference to double-bounded contexts: academia as an institution…

Exploring the contribution of formal and informal learning to academic staff member employability: A Dutch perspective

Marcel Van der Klink, Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden, Jo Boon, Shahron Williams van Rooij

Little attention has been paid to the employability of academic staff and the extent to which continuous learning contributes to academic career success. The purpose of this paper…

Managing academic careers: global perspectives

Professor Yehuda Baruch, Professor Francoise Dany, Dr Jean Pralong and Dr Celine Davense