A Preliminary Review of the Hong Kong CAP Data (The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative and Quantitative Perspectives: … (original) (raw)

A Preliminary Review of the Hong Kong Changing Academic Profession Data

This paper contains a preliminary look at the 2007 data from the Hong Kong CAP study. It includes basic information about the sample and methodology, as well as a review of selected data about the profile of academic staff and their views about working conditions, management and internationalism. The paper also makes reference to selected data gathered in 1993 and 1999. Finally, the paper provides a brief summary and some thoughts about possible directions for future research on Hong Kong's changing academic profession. Survey Methods The Hong Kong CAP 2007 data were collected through a paper survey. The questionnaire, consisting of 53 questions in 6 sections, was designed based on the one developed by the international CAP team and modified by the Hong Kong CAP team. The survey work was contracted to the Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC) of the University of Hong Kong. A pilot survey was conducted in May 2007, after which selected questions were modified based on the results of the pilot. Staff lists were acquired for each institution and a senior academic at each institution was invited to become a Hong Kong CAP affiliate. The role of the affiliate was to encourage academic staff at their institutions to participate in the survey. This was accomplished mainly by sending follow-up reminders. The Hong Kong CAP principal investigator wrote an article for the

The Academic Profession in Hong Kong: Maintaining Global Engagement in the Face of National Integration

China (PRC) acquired seven universities-three of which are among the top 10 in Asia-with over 5,000 full-time academic staff.' At least five are larger than more than 90 percent of China's universities.2 Hong Kong universities and their faculty differ in fundamental ways from those on the mainland, especially in their distinct Western academic traditions and autonomy, as well as their organization, governance, finance, and institutional cultures. The greater global integration of academics in Hong Kong is as much a function of technological resources as of academic freedom.3 Maintaining Hong Kong's universities as they are is a major challenge for the new Special Administrative Region (SAR) government as well as Beijing. Academics are the driving force in Hong Kong universities. Compared with China's professoriate, Hong Kong's has greater influence on the flow and control of knowledge, as well as on academic policies at the department, school, and institutional levels.4 This has been due not only to the freedom of Hong Kong society but also to the composition of the professoriate, which includes a high proportion of overseas Chinese (most with foreign pass-

The Changing Academic Profession in Hong Kong

Springer eBooks, 2017

The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.

Productivity in Hong Kong across Academic Discipline

2012

This study examines the research productivity of Hong Kong academics. Specifically, it explores the individual and institutional factors that contribute to their productivity while also comparing determinants across academic disciplines. We have conducted OLS regression analysis using the international survey data from “The Changing Academics Profession.” We found that Hong Kong academics are highly internationalized in terms of research activities. Moreover, research productivity is influenced by a number of factors, including personal characteristics, workload, differences in research styles, and institutional characteristics. In addition, considerable variation exists regarding the determinants of research productivity across disciplinary categories.

Forming the Academic Profession in East Asia: a Comparative Analysis

The Routledge Library Editions Volume 14, 2018

Originally published in 2001, Forming the Academic Profession in East Asia, examines the changing shape of the academic profession in South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore since the colonial period, and as a reflection of both the inherited models of higher education and their redefinition after the colonial period. The analysis takes into account the connections and disconnections between the colonial and postcolonial periods in shaping the academic profession.

Faculty research productivity in Hong Kong across academic discipline

Higher Education Studies, 2012

International academics in mainland China: what do we know and what do we need to know

European Journal of Higher Education, 2022

This article examines the trend of academic migration to mainland China. Notably, the most recent literature identified a new cohort of international academics in China, who are non-Chinese academics with long-term and full-time positions. Despite growing research interests, there is a lack of critical and synthesised reviews about the extant studies regarding this group of international academics, in terms of theoretical frameworks, methodologies and empirical findings. This article addresses this research gap by drawing on a critical review of existing scholarship, in combination with three empirical research projects conducted by the authors of this article. The article unpacks conceptual and methodological ambiguities in the existing research and reveals major findings with regards to the profiles, motivations, challenges and work roles related to international academics in China. It also proposes a new typology to define international academics in mainland China and future research agendas in this area.

A Preliminary Review of the Hong Kong CAP Data (The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative and Quantitative Perspectives: … (original) (raw)

Related papers