Using a Feminist Institutional perspective, and drawing on a wide range of evidence in
different institutions and countries, this article identifies the specific aspects of the structure …

The internationalization and specialization of science confront scientists with opportunities
and sometimes even a need to become internationally mobile during their careers. Against …

Prior studies that try to explain who gets tenure and why remain inconclusive, especially on
whether non-meritocratic factors influence who becomes a professor. Based on career and …

This article contributes to the literature on academic inbreeding by analyzing its rational,
origins, resilience, and options to limit it in two higher education systems (Russia and …

In the current discussions concerning the pressure for publication and to obtain grants, the
questions about what publication and grant pressure actually involve and how they are …

To succeed in academia, non-tenured researchers aim to maximize their quality-adjusted
research output. This paper analyzes if and how changing institutional affiliations as a non …

Global scholarship has documented gender discrepancies in power in higher education
institutions (HEIs) for several decades. That research is now supported by wider gender …

Excellence has become a 'hoorah'word which is widely used in higher education institutions
to legitimate practices related to the recruitment/progression of staff. It can be seen as …

Background Recruitment and retention of talent is central to the research performance of
universities. Existing research shows that, while men are more likely than women to be …

We analyze the determinants of job satisfaction of PhD holders in Spain. Specifically, we
consider overall job satisfaction as well as basic and motivational satisfaction, following …