The recent developments in HE sector in Germany are characterized by the imposition of the principles of market and organization on academic work. The situation of young academics is especially challenging. In the context of changing governance structures, the relation between the components of...

Job satisfaction aroused interest in the scholarly debates due to its importance and impact on organizational productivity. The study was motivated by the situation in Tanzanian universities over the past three decades, where universities encountered numerous challenges, including funding...

Welchen Einfluss hat die Expansion der Studierenden, des Personals und der Ressourcen auf die Arbeits- und Beschäftigungsbedingungen an Hochschulen? Wie hängen diese Entwicklungen mit politischen Initiativen zusammen? Wie betreiben Hochschulen Personalentwicklung für Tenure-Track-Professuren...

Most universities in Germany are public firms but they have many properties of cooperatives. The most important thereof are described and analysed together with the characteristics of state-sponsorship. The real companions of the university as a cooperation are its professors. The same is true...

One of the dominant changes in academics during the last 25 years has been the steadily growing political pressure on universities to strengthen their links with and knowledge transfers to external partners. This focus on university-industry collaboration has been accompanied by another...