Biographies and Careers throughout Academic Life

1 Biographies and Careers throughout Academic Life: Introductory Comments. Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes, Akira Arimoto, Ulrich Teichler, and John Brennan. - Part I. Emerging Higher Education Systems. - 2 Identity Features and Working Conditions of Argentine Academics: A Comparative Study of Two Disciplinary Communities. Mercedes Leal, Sergio Robin, and María A. Maidana. - 3 Brazilian Higher Education: Converging Trajectory Patterns in a Diverse Institutional Environment. Elizabeth Balbachevsky.- 4 Personal Characteristics, Career Trajectory and Job Satisfaction of Academics in Malaysia. Vincent Pang, Norzaini Azman, Morshidi Sirat, and Koo Yew Lie.- 5 The Mexican Academic Profession between Centuries: Who are the Actors? Manuel Gil-Antón, Laura E. Padilla-González, and Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes.- 6 The South African Academic Profession: Personal Characteristics, Career Trajectories, Identities and Sense of Commitment. Charl C. Wolhuter, Philip Higgs, and Leonie G. Higgs.- Part II. Mature HigherEducation Systems.- 7 The Changing Academic Profession in Canada: Personal Characteristics, Career Trajectories, Sense of Identity/Commitment and Job Satisfaction. Amy Scott Metcalfe, Donald Fisher, Glen Jones, Yves Gingras, Kjell Rubenson, and Iain Snee.- 8 In and Out of the Laboratory: Herzberg, Job Satisfaction and the Attitudes of Finnish University Academics. Timo Aarrevaara and Ian R Dobson.- 9 A Portrait of the Changing Academic Profession in the Netherlands. Harry van der Kaap and Egbert de Weert.- 10 Academics Professional Characteristics and Trajectories: The Portuguese Case. Rui Santiago, Teresa Carvalho, Sofia Branco Sousa, Diana Dias, and Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor.- 11 Academic Inbreeding of Korean Professors: Academic Training, Networks, and their Performance. Jung Cheol Shin, Jisun Jung, and Soo Jeung Lee.- Part III. Comparative Studies.- 12 Identity of Argentine Academics: International and Compared Perspective. Martín Aiello and Cristian Pérez-Centeno.- 13 How Do Personal Characteristics Influence Scholarly Productivity? A Comparative Study of Chinese and American Academic Professions. Zeng Lin and Hong Shen.- 14 Career and Self-Understanding of Academics in Germany in Comparative Perspective. Ester Ava Höhle and Ulrich Teichler.- 15 Changing Academic Career Trajectories and Identity/Commitment of Academics in Japan. Akira Arimoto.- 16 Academic Advancement and Gender: A Comparative Analysis. William K. Cummings and Olga Bain.- 17 Demographics, Career and Academic Self-Understanding: A Comparative View. Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes, Akira Arimoto, Ulrich Teichler, and John Brennan.- Appendix: A Bibliography of Publications of the Project "The Changing Academic Profession" (CAP) and Related Projects. Compiled by Ester Ava Höhle and Ulrich Teichler