Is It Still Worth Working In Academia? : the Views from Portuguese Academics / Sónia Cardoso, Teresa Carvalho and Pedro Videira

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Author	CARDOSO, Sónia (CARVALHO, Teresa; VIDEIRA, Pedro M.)
Title	Is It Still Worth Working In Academia? : the Views from Portuguese Academics / Sónia Cardoso, Teresa Carvalho and Pedro Videira
Publication year	2019
Source/Footnote	In: Higher education policy. - 32 (2019) 4, S. 663 - 679
Inventory number	48878
Keywords	Ausland : Portugal : einzelne Hochschulen ; Ausland : Portugal : Forschung, Hochschullehrer ; Wissenschaftlerin ; Wissenschaftler
Abstract	This paper analyses academics' perceptions about their current working and employment conditions, academic professionâs social prestige and their willingness to change profession. The aim is to discuss the extent to which academics are being affected by changes in higher education institutions and the academic profession as framed by managerialism, New Public Management and neoliberalism. Collected through a survey to all Portuguese academics, perceptions suggest a contradiction: while evidencing the deterioration of working conditions, academics maintain a positive view regarding the academic profession, evidenced by a predisposition to consider it as socially valued and worth to recommend. So, despite all changes, it seems that to Portuguese academics, working in academia is still worth, at least to some extent. The question is to know for how long. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)