Working to return to employment
The case of UK social science contract researchers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4096599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Hockey (0000-0002-5826-8005, University of Gloucestershire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 559-574 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0307507042000261544 |
| OpenAlex | W2139451426 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 34 |
Contract researchers constitute a marginal occupational group within the UK higher education system, and they manifest a high degree of turnover, in terms of leaving employment and returning to it. This article, which is based on qualitative interviews, examines some of the informal work which social science contract researchers engage in as they attempt to return to employment within academia. First, by examining the vocabularies of motive held by researchers, the article depicts why individuals should make efforts to return to such a marginal occupation. Second, the article then depicts the various kinds of informal work which researchers engage in so as to raise their employment chances. These different kinds of work are portrayed at an interactional level and at the level of individual identity
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Labour economics · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychological contract · Public relations · Social contract · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |