Academic Identity and Communities of Practice
Narratives of Social Science Academics Career Decisions in Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22044344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gregory S Ching (0000-0001-9148-0019, Fu Jen Catholic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 388 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/educsci11080388 |
| OpenAlex | W3185928874 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 90 |
Academic identity is an important aspect of organizing an academic career. An academic identity is distinct and unique and can be defined as the core attitudes that determine how individuals approach the concept of work. In the current era of neoliberalism, changes to university governance in Taiwan have transformed working conditions and hiring practices in academia. Inevitably, role conflicts have emerged, and work stress within higher education institutions has increased. The current study summarizes the narratives of nine academics from the social sciences. The study is anchored in the concept that academic identity formation is rooted in the doctoral education stage. Using a qualitative narrative inquiry lens, interactions between different communities of practice during the doctoral education stage are analyzed, along with later career decisions and the role communities of practice play in those decisions. The findings show that doctoral mentors and fellows all contributed to the formation of a core academic identity, while later career decisions were equally affected by neoliberal policies. It is hoped that by recognizing the role of academic identity, administrators may be able to influence how academics adapt amidst the competing pressures within the academe
Career development · Corporate governance · Higher education · Management · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Higher Education Governance and Development
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The Part and Parcel of Doctoral Education
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Doctoral students’ academic identity development under supervision
How work-integrated learning shapes students’ professional identity
The arduous journey
Contextualizing and hybridizing academic identity formation
Academic subjectivities
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Communities of Practice
Structuration Theory
Academic identity and autonomy in a changing policy environment
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Identification in Organizations
Identity status change during adolescence and young adulthood
Bare Pedagogy and the Scourge of Neoliberalism
Managing Identity
Modernity and Self-Identity
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Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems
Constituting the Academic Performer
Wellbeing through self-fulfilment
Identity Processing and Personal Wisdom
Professional, Personal, and Relational
Identity Formation in Adulthood
Identity, agency and institutional work in higher education
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Identity Statuses as Developmental Trajectories
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The Construction Zone
Contract Systems, Bureaucracies, and Faculty Motivation
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Identity Matters
Academics' perceptions of what it means to be an academic
The construction of academic identity in the changes of Finnish higher education
Juggling hats
Doctoral rites and liminal spaces
Professional identity and the restructuring of higher education
The significance of disciplinary differences
Developmental networks and learning
Becoming academics
Chronotopes and timespace contexts
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Situated Learning
Social Psychology of Identities
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |