International academics in the peripheries. A qualitative meta-analysis across fifteen countries

Łuczaj, Kamil; Hoły-Łuczaj, Magdalena

doi:10.1080/09620214.2021.2023322

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“…Thus, a substantial number of previous studies on international academics have been conducted in Western contexts. These studies have been instructive in the illumination of the career trajectories of international academics working in foreign countries, including their motivations (Luczaj & Holy-Luczaj, 2022), integration experiences (Jonasson et al, 2017;Wilkins & Neri, 2019), and satisfaction (Omiteru et al, 2018). Regarding the retention or turnover of international academics in Western destinations, individual (e.g., gender, age, citizenship status, and length of stay), professional (e.g., research opportunities and career prospects), and sociocultural (e.g., lifestyle) factors could profoundly determine this decision-making process (Lawrence et al, 2014;Omiteru et al, 2018).…”

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Tokenized but remaining: how do international academics make sense of their decision to remain in Japanese universities?

Chen

2024

High Educ

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Despite challenging and uncertain circumstances and the perception of being tokenized symbols in Japanese universities, the majority of international academics are more inclined to remain in their affiliations. The study intends to elucidate how international academics make sense of their decision to remain in Japanese universities. The data are from a qualitative dataset examining the integration experiences of international academics in Japan. Following the philosophical foundations of purposive sampling in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), which was applied as a methodological framework, the study recruited a total of 30 participants. The study reveals varied sensemaking strategies among the interviewees, characterized as survivors, pragmatists, and ambitionists. Survivors refer to those who were compelled to remain in their current affiliations often due to constraints related to their academic roles or age restrictions. Pragmatists prioritize the practical benefits of their positions or affiliations, deriving from professional aspects, sociocultural dimensions, and personal considerations. Ambitionist academics generally view experiences in their current affiliations as a stepping stone toward future professional opportunities elsewhere. The study suggests that insufficient dedication to recruiting and retaining international academics may pose potential long-term risks for Japanese higher education institutions (HEIs) in the global academic sphere, affecting their internationally competitive standing and resilience in an evolving academic landscape. The study provides theoretical and practical implications to researchers, university administrators, and policymakers.

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Tokenized but remaining: how do international academics make sense of their decision to remain in Japanese universities?

Chen

2024

High Educ

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‘Go away and make a big thing of yourself somewhere else’: precarious mobilities and the uses of international capital in Irish academia

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O’Keefe

2024

High Educ

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The article interrogates the ‘mobility imperative’ and its impact on precarious academics. Drawing on 40 biographic interviews with academics with experience of long-term precarity in Irish higher education, and using a Bourdieusian framework, we identify the specific conditions, uses and impacts of international mobility for these workers. This method offers a unique retrospective advantage for an analysis of the utility of international capital for a cohort of workers typically excluded from studies of international mobility. Among the specific obstacles we identify which are faced by precarious academics in the accumulation and conversion of international capital are the lack of or compromised initial social capital; the dubious value of international capital in Irish academia, especially when associated with precarity; and the difficulty for workers to construct acceptable career scripts when both precarity and mobility have led them off-script. We suggest that the ability to accumulate and convert usable forms of international capital while working abroad is in part predetermined by prior struggles in the national field.

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Academic mobility: global trends and future prospects

Shields

Lee

2023

International Encyclopedia of Education(Fourth Edition)

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International academics in the peripheries. A qualitative meta-analysis across fifteen countries

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

Tokenized but remaining: how do international academics make sense of their decision to remain in Japanese universities?

Tokenized but remaining: how do international academics make sense of their decision to remain in Japanese universities?

‘Go away and make a big thing of yourself somewhere else’: precarious mobilities and the uses of international capital in Irish academia

Academic mobility: global trends and future prospects

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