TY - CHAP
T1 - The impact of mobility on the lives and careers of female and male academics in higher education
AU - Suárez-Ortega, Magdalena
AU - Risquez, Angelica
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Exploring the personal and professional implications of academic mobility, with a special emphasis on the influence of gender, is essential for our understanding of career development in higher education. This chapter focuses on the subjective experiences around career and professional performance of a group of 'mobilized' academics. Through data analysis we have found that both gender and cultural factors were mediating in the careers of the participants. Specifically, mobility has an impact on the curriculum and was perceived as a facilitator of career advancement, but also meant costs, especially at personal and family level, but also institutional.
AB - Exploring the personal and professional implications of academic mobility, with a special emphasis on the influence of gender, is essential for our understanding of career development in higher education. This chapter focuses on the subjective experiences around career and professional performance of a group of 'mobilized' academics. Through data analysis we have found that both gender and cultural factors were mediating in the careers of the participants. Specifically, mobility has an impact on the curriculum and was perceived as a facilitator of career advancement, but also meant costs, especially at personal and family level, but also institutional.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904796302&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/S1479-362820140000011011
DO - 10.1108/S1479-362820140000011011
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84904796302
SN - 9781783508532
T3 - International Perspectives on Higher Education Research
SP - 79
EP - 94
BT - Academic Mobility
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
ER -
