Between the ivory tower and the academic assembly line

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Issues related to the impact business management procedures have had on the professional lives of scholars and staff in universities are examined, focusing on the under-reported resistance to managerial control and ways in which scholars endeavor to keep high standards of teaching and scholarship alive in the midst of changing administrative conditions.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Economic aspects, College teachers, College faculty, Learning, Learning and scholarship, Scholarship (Research)

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Accounting for change: a discourse analysis of graduate trainees' talk of adjustment

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Newly-employed workers have been seen to adjust their attitudes over the first 6 months of employment to reconcile early expectations with experience. They demonstrate awareness of company norms and corporate culture while maintaining the uniqueness of their experiences and natures.

Psychological aspects, Statistical Data Included, Research, Analysis, Management research, Employee training, Adjustment (Psychology), Life skills

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Strategic practices: an activity theory perspective on continuity and change

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A detailed approach to college administration in the UK is presented.

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