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Linna Xu; Yujia Hu – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
College students are currently facing various crises due to psychological issues, driving universities to prioritise their mental health. Perceived overqualification negatively affects students' well-being. Drawing on the person-organisation fit theory, we propose that perceived overqualification reduces students' organisational identification,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Attitudes, Student Leadership
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Alexandre Bran; Nicolas Lopes; Matthieu Lafon – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
PhD graduates are often recruited for positions that entail various work demands. Based on theoretical models of work demands, PhD graduates can appraise these demands in three main ways: as challenges, hindrances, or threats. The more aware they are of the skills they developed in their doctoral program, the more likely they are to appraise…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Degrees, Career Readiness, Employment Qualifications
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Macfarlane, Bruce – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The effects of performativity in academic life are widely discussed and debated. Yet most analysis relies on conventional forms of empirical enquiry, notably interviews and questionnaires. The curriculum vitae (CV) is a comparatively neglected source of insight into the changing nature of academic life that offers a fresh insight. Drawing on the…
Descriptors: Resumes (Personal), Reputation, College Faculty, Generational Differences
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Dawson, David; Hepworth, John; Bugaian, Larisa; Williams, Sue – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This paper examines the qualities and skills needed by leaders and managers in Higher Education; the extent to which leaders and managers in 15 Moldovan Institutions perceive themselves to hold those qualities and skills; and the main drivers for holding higher levels of them. Review of the literature suggests that the qualities and skills…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Leadership Styles, Higher Education
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Dann, R.; Basford, J.; Booth, C.; O'Sullivan, R.; Scanlon, J.; Woodfine, C.; Wright, P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This paper explores the impact of lecturers' individual current doctoral study on their own and collective constructions of self in a changing Higher Education (HE) policy context. It focuses on how lecturers, drawn from a professional knowledge background, make sense of new institutional requirements for new lectures to have doctorates. The…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, College Faculty, Self Concept, Educational Change
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Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
With the exception of academics, occupational groups within universities remain relatively under-researched. Based upon qualitative interviews with 27 research administrators in 19 UK universities, this article reports on a small-scale qualitative project to investigate the workday worlds of these "boundary-crossing" and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Administration, Research Administration