View in EDS HTML Full Text PDF Full Text

Early-career academics' grappling with multi-dimensional duties in the one-dimensional academic world: a temporal sociological lens.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Early-career academics' grappling with multi-dimensional duties in the one-dimensional academic world: a temporal sociological lens.
Authors: Zhuang, Tengteng1 (AUTHOR), Lin, Min2 (AUTHOR) linmin@bnu.edu.cn
Source: Cambridge Journal of Education. Aug2025, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p549-567. 19p.
Subject Terms: *Career development, *Academia, *Academic workload of students, *Learned institutions & societies, Sociological research, Professional ethics
Abstract: This article sheds light upon the challenges that early-career academics (ECAs) are compelled to navigate within the prevailing one-dimensional acceleration-driven academic world. Although the scholarly publication remains a dominant metric for career advancement among ECAs, various different logics of higher education burden ECAs with a range of non-academic workloads that put them in a situation of temporal disadvantage. These duties, ranging from class advisorship and pedagogical training, to grant applications and attendance to managerial issues, go beyond traditional academic understanding of social service, and tend to fragment their allocated working hours in a deep-seated manner. While the status of a university faculty member may be viewed with prestige by the general public, the study unravels the temporally structural challenges inherent in the academic journey, which are especially pronounced at the initial stages of one's career advancement, and of which only ECAs themselves are acutely aware. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Copyright of Cambridge Journal of Education is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
Database: Education Research Complete
Full text is not displayed to guests.
FullText Links:
  – Type: pdflink
Text:
  Availability: 1
Header DbId: ehh
DbLabel: Education Research Complete
An: 186774475
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: Academic Journal
PubTypeId: academicJournal
PreciseRelevancyScore: 0
IllustrationInfo
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Early-career academics' grappling with multi-dimensional duties in the one-dimensional academic world: a temporal sociological lens.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Zhuang%2C+Tengteng%22">Zhuang, Tengteng</searchLink><relatesTo>1</relatesTo> (AUTHOR)<br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Lin%2C+Min%22">Lin, Min</searchLink><relatesTo>2</relatesTo> (AUTHOR)<i> linmin@bnu.edu.cn</i>
– Name: TitleSource
  Label: Source
  Group: Src
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="JN" term="%22Cambridge+Journal+of+Education%22">Cambridge Journal of Education</searchLink>. Aug2025, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p549-567. 19p.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subject Terms
  Group: Su
  Data: *<searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Career+development%22">Career development</searchLink><br />*<searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Academia%22">Academia</searchLink><br />*<searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Academic+workload+of+students%22">Academic workload of students</searchLink><br />*<searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Learned+institutions+%26+societies%22">Learned institutions & societies</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Sociological+research%22">Sociological research</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Professional+ethics%22">Professional ethics</searchLink>
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Abstract
  Group: Ab
  Data: This article sheds light upon the challenges that early-career academics (ECAs) are compelled to navigate within the prevailing one-dimensional acceleration-driven academic world. Although the scholarly publication remains a dominant metric for career advancement among ECAs, various different logics of higher education burden ECAs with a range of non-academic workloads that put them in a situation of temporal disadvantage. These duties, ranging from class advisorship and pedagogical training, to grant applications and attendance to managerial issues, go beyond traditional academic understanding of social service, and tend to fragment their allocated working hours in a deep-seated manner. While the status of a university faculty member may be viewed with prestige by the general public, the study unravels the temporally structural challenges inherent in the academic journey, which are especially pronounced at the initial stages of one's career advancement, and of which only ECAs themselves are acutely aware. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
– Name: AbstractSuppliedCopyright
  Label:
  Group: Ab
  Data: <i>Copyright of Cambridge Journal of Education is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract.</i> (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=ehh&AN=186774475
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Identifiers:
      – Type: doi
        Value: 10.1080/0305764X.2025.2512456
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    PhysicalDescription:
      Pagination:
        PageCount: 19
        StartPage: 549
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Career development
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Academia
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Academic workload of students
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Learned institutions & societies
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Sociological research
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Professional ethics
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Early-career academics' grappling with multi-dimensional duties in the one-dimensional academic world: a temporal sociological lens.
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Zhuang, Tengteng
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Lin, Min
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 08
              Text: Aug2025
              Type: published
              Y: 2025
          Identifiers:
            – Type: issn-print
              Value: 0305764X
          Numbering:
            – Type: volume
              Value: 55
            – Type: issue
              Value: 4
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Cambridge Journal of Education
              Type: main
ResultId 1