Early career academics’ identity development in a changing HE landscape
Insights from a Malaysian private university
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21485124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ida Fatimawati Bt Adi Badiozaman (0000-0002-4350-5960, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 424-439 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asia Pacific Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-8791 • E-ISSN: 1742-6855 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02188791.2020.1793732 |
| OpenAlex | W3046619239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 43 |
This study reports on the experiences of early career academics (ECAs) in a private Malaysian higher education (HE) institution and its impact on their academic identity. Through the use of a qualitative inquiry, the findings revealed that the ECAs’ academic identity development was imbued with challenges and complexities, as they navigated academia. Due to the performative culture in HE, the formation of a stable identity is continuously challenged by the demands represented by the institutional context. ECAs reported having to negotiate their core academic identity as teachers due to tensions from having to assume multiple roles in the organization. The findings also revealed narratives of resistance and marginalization, highlighting misconceptions about academia and the disconnect between the ECAs’ personal, professional and organizational goals, which contribute to the global literature on the academic profession in two respects. First, it contributes to the empirically grounded knowledge of the complex manner on how ECAs negotiate, challenge or comply with the new managerialist agenda. Second, it explores the emerging academic identity that the ECAs are forming under this competitive HE context. The study proposes strategies for a more inclusive career development process to nurture and support ECAs in the HE setting
Higher education · Identity formation · Identity negotiation · Institution · Nature versus nurture · Negotiation · Pedagogy · Performative utterance · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Governance and Development
Communities of Practice
Redefining ‘early career’ in academia
The imagined and the real
Issues in Malaysian Higher Education
Academic sensemaking and behavioural responses – exploring how academics perceive and respond to identity threats in times of turmoil
Beyond the Robbins trap
Academic identities and university faculty responses to new managerialist reforms
Validity and generalization in future case study evaluations
Creating a community of support for graduate students and early career academics
Factors associated with scholarly publication productivity among academic staff
Who is this "We"? Levels of collective identity and self representations
Changing higher education practice in Malaysia
Academic manager or managed academic? Academic identity schisms in higher education
Younger academics' constructions of 'authenticity', 'success' and professional identity
Situated Learning
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |