Description:
Systemic variations between states imply a more complex academic culture than the common view of increasing demands, rising competition, and shrinking state funding. This comparative study tracks scholars' job satisfaction levels in diverse national contexts.
Review Quotes:
"This book, on academic job satisfaction across 11 higher education systems, makes a valuable addition to Springer's Changing Academy book series, which itself is proving to be highly informative in explaining the changing nature of the academic profession. ... The book will be important as a point of reference for future investigations of academic job satisfaction. ... the book makes a solid contribution to the literature." (Martin Hayden, Higher Education, Vol. 69, 2015)