Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-Making by Celia Whi... - 9781350282575

Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-MakingAuthor(s): Celia Whitchurch, William Locke, Giulio Marini\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350282575, 978-1350282575\nSynopsis\nAgainst a background of changing patterns of academic labour in the UK and other English speaking countries, this book draws on empirical research which identifies a shift towards more open-ended approaches to roles and careers in higher education. This has resulted in what the authors describe as concertina-like careers, in which individuals stretch the spaces and timescales available to them. Underpinning this process, the concept of career scripts shows how the career paths of individuals may be informed by formal career structures (Institutional scripts) but also by activity associated with professional practice (Practice scripts), and by personal strengths, interests and commitments (Internal scripts). This has led to new f.