Rhythms of Academic Life Personal Accounts of Careers in Academia [Paperback]

This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.Introduction
PART ONE: CAREER RHYTHMS: FIVE EXEMPLARS
Lessons Learned along the Way - Arthur G Bedeian
Twelve Suggestions for Optimizing Career Success
On Becoming a Scholar - Joan V Gallos
One Woman's Journey
Rhythms of an Academic's Life - Miriam Erez
Crossing Cultural Borders
Transitions - Vance F Mitchell
Creating a Career - Stewart Clegg in conversation with John M Jermier
Observations from outside the Mainstream
PART TWO: EARLY RHYTHMS
Becoming a Teacher
Becoming a Teacher at a Research University - Christina E Shalley
On Learning Why I Became a Teacher - John A Miller
Research/Teaching Boundaries - Walter R Nord
Teaching as an Act of Scholarship - Stella M Nkomo
Doing Research and Getting Published
Using Programmatic Research to Build a Grounded Theory - Edwin A Locke
Developing Programmatic Research - Mats Alvesson
The Publishing Process - Susan J Ashford
A Struggle for Meaning
Getting Published - Kevin R Murphy
Revising and Resubmitting - J Keith Murnighan
Author Emotions, Editor Roles, and the Value of Dialogue
Working with Doctoral Students
The Development of Doctoral Students - Larry L Cummings
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