Non-tenure-track faculty in higher education
Subtitle: theories and tensions
By: Adrianna Kezar, Cecile Sam
Contributors: Sam, Cecile
Series: ASHE higher education report -- v. 36, no. 5
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 91
ISBN-13: 9781118014059
Subjects: College teachers, Part-time; College teachers; Tenure; College teaching; Faculty; Universities and colleges
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-82) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Understanding the conflicting research; title: Introduction to the players: groups studying non-tenure-track faculty; title: Theories used to study and understand non-tenure-track faculty; title: Economic theories; title: Sociological theories; title: Psychological and social psychological theories; title: Organizational theory; title: Labor relations theory; title: Tensions; title: Ideological tensions; title: Practical tensions; title: Empirical tensions; title: Conclusions and suggestions for further research.