InhaltsangabePreface. Challenge and Change: The Academic Profession in Uncertain Times. Globalisation's Impact on The Professoriate in Anglo-American Universities. Academics and Institutional Governance. Faculty Perceptions of University Governance in Japan and the United States. From Peregrinatio Academica to Global Academic: The internationalisation of the profession. Academics' view of teaching staff mobility: The ERASMUS. Experience Revisited. How Satisfied Are Women and Men with their Academic Work?: The impact of gender, discipline, area and academic rank in Australia. Academic Work Satisfaction in the Wake of Institutional Reforms in Australia. Academic Challenges: The American Professoriate in Comparative Perspective. Improve Teaching Methods or Perish? Issues Confronting the Academic Profession in Latin America. The Chinese Professoriate in Comparative Perspective: Self-perceptions, Academic Life, Gender Differences and Internal Differentiation. The Academic Profession in Hong Kong. Conclusion: New Millennium, New Milieu? Index.

Preface. Challenge and Change: The Academic Profession in Uncertain Times.Globalisation¿s Impact on The Professoriate in Anglo-American Universities. Academics and Institutional Governance. Faculty Perceptions of University Governance in Japan and the United States. From Peregrinatio Academica to Global Academic: The internationalisation of the profession. Academics¿ view of teaching staff mobility: The ERASMUS. Experience Revisited. How Satisfied Are Women and Men with their Academic Work?: The impact of gender, discipline, area and academic rank in Australia. Academic Work Satisfaction in the Wake of Institutional Reforms in Australia. Academic Challenges: The American Professoriate in Comparative Perspective. Improve Teaching Methods or Perish? Issues Confronting the Academic Profession in Latin America. The Chinese Professoriate in Comparative Perspective: Self-perceptions, Academic Life, Gender Differences and Internal Differentiation. The Academic Profession in Hong Kong. Conclusion: New Millennium, New Milieu?Index.