Academic Habitus and Institutional Change: Comparing Two Generations of German Scholars

Autor/inn/en	Matthies, Hildegard; Torka, Marc
Titel	Academic Habitus and Institutional Change: Comparing Two Generations of German Scholars
Quelle	In: Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 57 (2019) 3, S.345-371 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Matthies, Hildegard)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-4695
DOI	10.1007/s11024-019-09370-9
Schlagwörter	Organizational Change; College Faculty; Competition; Work Environment; Financial Support; Research; Comparative Analysis; Social Capital; Career Development; Researchers; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Organisationswandel; Fakultät; Wettkampf; Arbeitsmilieu; Finanzielle Förderung; Forschung; Sozialkapital; Berufsentwicklung; Researcher; Forscher; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Deutschland
Abstract	Since the 1980s scholars have been increasingly confronted with expectations to orient themselves toward societal and economic priorities. This normative demand for societal responsiveness is inscribed in discourses aimed at increasing the usefulness, competitiveness, and control of academia. New performance criteria, funding conditions, and organizational forms are central drivers of this debate -- thereby, they change the conditions in which scholars conduct research and advance their careers. However, little is known so far about the impact these institutional changes have on the habitus of academics. This article analyzes how stable and consistent habitus formations among academics turn out to be in the course of institutional changes. We compare the habitus formations of two generations of German scholars before and after institutional changes gained pace in Germany. Three distinct habitus formations can be identified, which we refer to as "self-fulfilling," "self-surpassing," and "self-asserting." These habitus formations hold across the two generations, but the lines between them become blurry in the new generation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01