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Cohen, Laurie; Duberley, Joanne – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2013
The generation of brand new data seems to be an unwritten rule of much social research and the career field is no exception. However, in these austere economic times, we need to urgently reconsider our research norms and to think of creative ways of doing more for less. We would argue that given the "ordinariness" of the career concept…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Popular Culture, Programming (Broadcast), Careers
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Floyd, Alan; Dimmock, Clive – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
This study investigates the experiences of academics who became department heads in a post-1992 UK university and explores the influence that being in the position has on their planned future academic career. Drawing on life history interviews undertaken with 17 male and female heads of department, the paper constitutes an in-depth study of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Careers, Department Heads