Biographies and Careers throughout Academic Life

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Galaz-Fontes, Jesús F. (Editor), Arimoto, Akira (Editor), Teichler, Ulrich (Editor), Brennan, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective ; 16
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Higher education.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Personality and Social Psychology.

The book draws on the 2007 Changing Academic Profession international survey in order to document the personal characteristics, career trajectories, sense of identity/commitment and job satisfaction of academics in 14 countries with different levels of economic and social development and different h...