Career Development International special issue call for papers:
Managing Academic Careers: Global Perspectives
Guest editors: Baruch, Y1., Dany, F2., Pralong, J1. and Davesne, C1.
- Rouen Business School
- EM Lyon Business School
The higher education sector is expanding globally. Western educational and research institutions are being challenged by new business schools that are appearing in other parts of the world. A global, multiform and highly competitive industry has emerged. International rankings and accreditation are much sought-after quality indicators that guide strategic choices. The management of careers in academia is a key for talent management of human capital in a knowledge intensive environment where talent flow crosses national and institutional boundaries. Academic career may follow, to a certain extent, the concept of the "boundaryless career" as they are controlled more by individuals than by organizations (Baruch & Hall, 2004). Scholarly career paths tend to unfold within disciplines silos rather than within single universities whereas service and teaching based can follow internal institutional paths.
Such new context has significant impacts on academic staff. Academic career systems tend to focus on research outputs. Rankings and publication objectives have dramatic influences on research topics, pedagogical involvement and, more generally, scholars' agendas. New tasks, such as fundraising, appear in scholars' activities. Careers in academia unfold in a set of constraints that bound academic work, science development and teaching (Dany et al., 2011; Baruch & Pralong, 2012). Consequences regard students, academic institutions and, more generally, the contribution of scientists to the overall society.
The SI will explore new theoretical approaches to studying academic careers and their implications. This call for papers aims to inform academics and decision-makers within the academic community about the current state of careers within academia. We welcome empirical and/or theoretical papers examining careers in academia. While not an exhaustive list, the following are some more specific examples of topics that this special issue is intended to highlight:
- To what extent do existing career theories explain the career behaviors of academics?
- Do the existing theories sufficiently address the requests of different groups of stakeholders of career research in academia (i.e. people, organization, society)?
- How does the geo-cultural positioning of the institution influence
s the way universities and individual manage careers - The meaning of career success across institutional and national cultures.
Submission Guidelines
- This call is open and competitive; submitted papers will be blind reviewed in the normal way.
- Submitted papers must be based on original material not under consideration by any other journal or outlet.
- For empirical papers based on data sets from which multiple papers have been generated, the editors must be provided with copies of all other papers based on the same data.
The deadline for submissions is 31 April 2013. Scholars interested in developmental writing workshop are welcomed to attend the Career Conference of the International Week at Rouen Business School, April 2013
The guest editors will be happy to discuss initial ideas for papers, and can be contacted directly at: ybr@rouenbs.fr
References
Baruch, Y. & Hall, D. T. (2004). The academic career: A model for future careers in other sectors? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 64, 241–262.
Baruch, Y. & Pralong, J. (2012). Anglo-French Collaboration in MGT publications. A paper presented at the British Academy of Management, Cardiff.
Dany, F., Louvel, S. & Valette, A. (2011), Academic Careers: The limits of the "boundaryless approach" and the power of promotion scripts. Human Relations, 64 (7), 971–996.
Dr Yehuda Baruch
Professor of Management
Associate Dean for Research
Outgoing Editor, Group & Organization Management
Tel. : +33 (0)2 32 82 57 99