Bright ICT and Unbounded Employment: Typology of Crowdworkers and Their Lived and Envisaged Career Trajectory in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 470-486
Author(s):  
Ayomikun Idowu ◽  
Amany Elbanna
Keyword(s):  
Career Trajectory

scholarly journals Genre, gender and television screenwriting: The problem of pigeonholing

2021 ◽  
pp. 136754942110060
Author(s):  
Beth Johnson ◽  
Alison Peirse
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Television Industry ◽  
Single Category ◽  
The Uk

This article draws on the 2018 Writers Guild of Great Britain report ‘Gender Inequality and Screenwriters’, and original interviews with female screenwriters, to assess how the experience of genre plays out in the UK television industry. The report focuses on the experience of women, as a single category, but we aim to reveal a more intersectional understanding of their experiences. Our aim is to better understand the ways in which women are, according to the report, consistently ‘pigeonholed by genre and are unable to move from continuing drama or children’s programming to prime-time drama, comedy or light-entertainment’. Considering the cultural value of genre in relation to screenwriting labour and career progression, we analyse how genre shapes career trajectory, arguing that social mobility for female screenwriters is inherently different and unequal to that of their male counterparts.

scholarly journals Understanding race and educational leadership in higher education

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 192-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Arday
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Senior Leadership ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Senior Leaders ◽  
Organizational Barriers ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Leadership In Higher Education ◽  
The Uk

The dearth of representation regarding Black and Ethnic Minorities (BME) in senior educational leadership roles within higher education (HE) has become a salient issue as egalitarian notions associated with equality and diversity continue to be contradicted by university institutions, despite increased calls for greater diversification. Educational leadership in higher education within the United Kingdom (UK), particularly when aligned to the primacy of race, remains oblivious to some of the organizational barriers encountered by BME academics attempting to navigate a career trajectory towards senior leadership. The diversification of senior leaders within the Academy in the UK has increasingly become an issue that, although prevalent, has stagnated owing to the lack of visible BME senior leaders and penetrative change to address the disparity regarding recruitment and promotion of more BME academics to leadership hierarchies. This article draws on a collective biography methodology, which will utilize narratives from three BME academics in senior leadership positions within higher education in the UK, in an attempt to illuminate the challenges that saturate the Academy, concerning leadership opportunities and career pathways for BME academics. The issues drawn upon identify synergies between constructions of race and leadership, whilst considering the interplay between these two vehicles when situated within a higher education context.

The crucible of early career psychiatry

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-248
Author(s):  
Lillian Ng ◽  
Richard Steane ◽  
Natalie Scollay ◽  
Stephen Harris ◽  
Jasminka Milosevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Collective Learning ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Role Transition ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Consultant Psychiatrist ◽  
Deep Impact ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Written Reflection

Objective: To capture the voices of psychiatrists as they reflect on challenges at the early stages of the career trajectory. Method: Early career psychiatrists contributed reflections that identified various challenges in the transition from trainee to consultant psychiatrist. Results: Common difficulties included negotiating role transition and conflict. Specific events had deep impact such as involvement with a patient who had committed suicide. Conclusions: Challenges in the early career stage as a consultant psychiatrist may have lasting or career defining impact. Written reflection is a valuable tool that can impart collective learning, provide validation and engender support among peers.

scholarly journals Valarie Zeithaml: autobiographical reflections

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valarie A. Zeithaml
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Chronological Order ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Look Back ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research Philosophy ◽  
The Right ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose By examining my personal development and career trajectory, I hope to share some insights into life as an academic. My particular path has contained, as most paths do, twists and turns. As I look back, they all seem somehow related to each other, but they were not all planned. Design/methodology/approach I will discuss my life and career in chronological order, then reflect on my career and research philosophy. I will also discuss several of my most cited articles and how they emerged. Findings I emphasize research that is both academically rigorous and relevant to business. I also show that passion for a subject, even one that is risky and not encouraged by others, has resulted in lifelong interest and inspiration for me. While not appropriate for all because of the risk, I found it worth taking a chance, largely because I was highly inspired by the subject. Practical implications Research that is programmatic has benefits because it allows a scholar to own an area. Also, working with the right co-author teams – sometimes ones where different talents are distributed across the team is effective. Originality/value The story and opinions are mine alone.

Quantifying reputation and success in art

Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 362 (6416) ◽  
pp. 825-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel P. Fraiberger ◽  
Roberta Sinatra ◽  
Magnus Resch ◽  
Christoph Riedl ◽  
Albert-László Barabási
Keyword(s):  
Dropout Rate ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Exhibition History ◽  
Institutional Prestige ◽  
Early Access ◽  
High Dropout Rate ◽  
History Of ◽  
Long Access ◽  
Rate Limiting

In areas of human activity where performance is difficult to quantify in an objective fashion, reputation and networks of influence play a key role in determining access to resources and rewards. To understand the role of these factors, we reconstructed the exhibition history of half a million artists, mapping out the coexhibition network that captures the movement of art between institutions. Centrality within this network captured institutional prestige, allowing us to explore the career trajectory of individual artists in terms of access to coveted institutions. Early access to prestigious central institutions offered life-long access to high-prestige venues and reduced dropout rate. By contrast, starting at the network periphery resulted in a high dropout rate, limiting access to central institutions. A Markov model predicts the career trajectory of individual artists and documents the strong path and history dependence of valuation in art.

scholarly journals Learning to Thrive: Building Diverse Scientists’ Access to Community and Resources through the BRAINS Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. ar49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Margherio ◽  
M. Claire Horner-Devine ◽  
Sheri J. Y. Mizumori ◽  
Joyce W. Yen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Weak Sense ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Long Term Impact

BRAINS: Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience is a National Institutes of Health–funded, national program that addresses challenges to the persistence of diverse early-career neuroscientists. In doing so, BRAINS aims to advance diversity in neuroscience by increasing career advancement and retention of post-PhD, early-career neuroscientists from underrepresented groups (URGs). The comprehensive professional development program is structured to catalyze conversations specific to URGs in neuroscience and explicitly addresses factors known to impact persistence such as a weak sense of belonging to the scientific community, isolation and solo status, inequitable access to resources that impact career success, and marginalization from informal networks and mentoring relationships. While we do not yet have data on the long-term impact of the BRAINS program on participants’ career trajectory and persistence, we introduce the BRAINS program theory and report early quantitative and qualitative data on shorter-term individual impacts within the realms of career-advancing behaviors and career experiences. These early results suggest promising, positive career productivity, increased self-efficacy, stronger sense of belonging, and new perspectives on navigating careers for BRAINS participants. We finish by discussing recommendations for future professional development programs and research designed to broaden participation in the biomedical and life sciences.

scholarly journals Jean Talairach: a cerebral cartographer

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. E12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Harary ◽  
G. Rees Cosgrove
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Functional Neurosurgery ◽  
Tumor Biopsy ◽  
Stereotaxic Atlas ◽  
Selective Approach ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Cerebral Localization ◽  
Anterior Capsulotomy

Although French psychiatrist-turned-neurosurgeon Jean Talairach (1911–2007) is perhaps best known for the stereotaxic atlas he produced with Pierre Tournoux and Gábor Szikla, he has left his mark on most aspects of modern stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. In the field of psychosurgery, he expressed critique of the practice of prefrontal lobotomy and subsequently was the first to describe the more selective approach using stereotactic bilateral anterior capsulotomy. Turning his attention to stereotaxy, Talairach spearheaded the team at Hôpital Sainte-Anne in the construction of novel stereotaxic apparatus. Cadaveric investigation using these tools and methods resulted in the first human stereotaxic atlas where the use of the anterior and posterior commissures as intracranial reference points was established. This work revolutionized the approach to cerebral localization as well as leading to the development of numerous novel stereotactic interventions by the Sainte-Anne team, including tumor biopsy, interstitial irradiation, thermal ablation, and endonasal procedures. Together with epileptologist Jean Bancaud, Talairach invented the field of stereo-electroencephalography and developed a robust scientific methodology for the assessment and treatment of epilepsy. In this article the authors review Talairach’s career trajectory in its historical context and in view of its impact on modern stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.

scholarly journals Trying and Failing and Trying again: Work in the Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Rosamma Thomas
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
English Language ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Personal Account ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Times

This paper is an historical auto-ethnographic account by a middle aged journalist who has worked in the English language media in India for about 20 years. English language media staff is among the best paid in the country. Even so, work conditions are far from ideal, and the pandemic this year has rendered several journalists jobless. This is a personal account of one career trajectory that spans book publishing, work on national radio, newspapers and a news agency. Growth prospects are curtailed for women in the news media; one boss at the Times of India¸ India’s largest English daily, told the author that her “body language” betrayed a lack of interest in work.  

scholarly journals Gender as a Barrier for Women With Children in Academe

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Armenti
Keyword(s):  
Career Paths ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Full Membership ◽  
Women Professors ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research involved in-depth interviews with nineteen women professors, drawn from across various faculties and ranks at one Canadian university, and was intended to explore the interconnections between the women's personal and professional lives. The women in this study chose to combine having children with an academic career. Most of them depicted their career trajectory as a lifelong challenge, one that was both fulfilling and prestigious. In contrast, the women reported a number of obstacles in their career paths that served to prevent them from gaining full membership in academic life. This study probes the nature of such obstacles that are grouped into two categories: the child-related time crunch and the career-related time crunch. As a result of these obstacles, the women encountered childbearing/childrearing problems, research dilemmas, a willingness to leave the academy, and denial of tenure and promotion. Findings call for a restructuring of academic careers in order to effectively accommodate women with children in the profession.

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