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Research mentoring on the edge : early career researchers and academic fringe-dwelling
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posted on 2011-01-01, 00:00 authored by Wendy Sutherland-SmithWendy Sutherland-Smith, S Saltmarsh, H Randell-MoonDiscourses of research leadership define not only what quality research leadership can and should be, but also identify those who speak and act with authority. Similarly, these discourses construct particular professional identities and idealised ‘ways of being’. They provide possibilities for research leaders as well as those categorised as 'Early Career Researchers' (ECRs) to create alternative identities and representations of themselves. This study reports the views of 32 academics across 16 Australian universities in four States about research mentoring and leadership for ECRs. The primary interest was to explore how research leadership is conceptualised, implemented and negotiated in the disciplinary fields of business, nursing and education. Whilst a number of ECRs viewed formal research mentoring as taking a ‘tick the box’ approach that they believed of limited value, a number of research leaders had different views. Most senior research leaders viewed the systemic provision of assistance their universities offered in a positive light. The dissonance in views centred on the subject positioning of academics in research. The dissatisfaction expressed by ECRs, a number of whom positioned themselves as fringe-dwellers ‘on the edge’ of their institutional research culture, raises questions about research sustainability and succession planning in Australian tertiary
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Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia. Conference (34th : 2011 : Gold Coast, Qld.)Pagination
330 - 339Publisher
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, IncLocation
Gold Coast, Qld.Place of publication
Milperra, N.S.W.Start date
2011-07-04End date
2011-07-07ISSN
1441-001XISBN-10
090855785XLanguage
engNotes
Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.Publication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2011, HERDSAEditor/Contributor(s)
K Krause, M Buckridge, C Grimmer, S Purbrick-IllekTitle of proceedings
HERDSA 2011 : Research and Development in Higher Education: Reshaping Higher Education Volume 34 : Refereed papers from the 34th HERDSA Annual International ConferenceUsage metrics
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