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| Area | Title | Authors | Topics covered | Source | Content type | Year | Open Access | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Development | Academic job interviews | Anonymous | Approaching academic interviews, preparation, on the day, questions, presentation | Vitae | Online article | 2022 (Last update) | Yes | https://www.vitae.ac.uk/researcher-careers/pursuing-an-academic-career/applying-for-academic-jobs/academic-job-interviews |
| Career Development | Vlog 10 How to write a teaching philosophy | Tara Brabazon | Reflecting on teaching and learning | YouTube channel: Office of Graduate Research Flinders University | Video | 2016 | Yes | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQs7-5n-vQs |
| Career Development | Vlog 286 – Moving on up (Academic life and promotion) | Tara Brabazon | Understanding and working on weaknesses, identifying and enhancing strengths, job applications | YouTube channel: Office of Graduate Research Flinders University | Video | 2021 | Yes | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHyW2sQNA0A |
| Career Development | Vlog 5 The early career academic interview | Tara Brabazon | Interview questions and topics to consider before an academic job interview | YouTube channel: Office of Graduate Research Flinders University | Video | 2016 | Yes | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BhkMBDj4o |
| Career Development | LECTURER Interview Questions & Answers! (PASS your University or College Lecturer Interview!) | Richard McMunn | Interview questions and topics to consider before an academic job interview | YouTube channel: CareerVidz | Video | 2020 | Yes | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBF31vC9_3I |
| Career Development | University Lecturer INTERVIEW! Preparing for questions about your RESEARCH. | Caroline Shenton-Taylor | Interview questions and topics to consider before an academic job interview | YouTube channel: Dr CST | Video | 2021 | Yes | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCF2BINnKC0 |
| Career Development | Build your academic brand, because being brilliant doesn’t cut it any more | John Tregoning | The journey from defining one’s academic brand, to publishing and networking in order to develop it | Times Higher Education | Online article | 2016 | Yes | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/build-your-academic-brand-because-being-brilliant-doesnt-cut-it-any-more#:~:text=Do%20define%20your%20brand%20and,set%20they%20think%20of%20you.&text=Having%20crafted%20your%20academic%20brand%2C%20you%20need%20to%20generate%20brand%20awareness. |
| Career Development | Personal Branding for Academics | Tee Ola | Personal branding, guidance and importance for career progression | Helen Kara | Blog post | 2018 | Yes | https://helenkara.com/2018/04/04/personal-branding-for-academics/ |
| Career Development | Building an academic brand | Anonymous | Identifying the USP and creating an academic brand image | Academic Coach | Blog post | 2020 | Yes | https://academiccoach.info/blog/building-an-academic-brand |
| Career Development | Building your academic brand through engagement with social media | Anne-Wil Harzing | Building an academic brand through social media: Google Scholar, Research Gate, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogging | Harzing.com | Blog post | 2018 | Yes | https://harzing.com/blog/2018/05/building-your-academic-brand-through-engagement-with-social-media |
| Career Development | Do you need an academic brand? | Cathy Mazak | The meaning and importance of building an academic brand, networking | CathyMazak | Blog post | 2017 | Yes | https://www.cathymazak.com/do-you-need-an-academic-brand/ |
| Career Development | On academic branding: A review of the factors influencing research agenda choice and prioritization in management | Ola Wazir, Noha El-Bassiouny, René Schmidpeter | Propositions on developing a research agenda to enhance personal academic brand | European Management Review | Journal article | 2021 | yes | https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12463 |
| Career Development | Academic Branding and Positioning through University’s Website Profile | Thomas Wayne Emmanuel Mogaji | Maintaining a personal profile on the University’s wesite to enhance personal brand; personal information, educational information, research information, industry information and engagement information | Research Agenda Working Papers | Journal article | 2020 | Yes | https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3532769 |
| Career Development | Old Practice, but Young Research Field: A Systematic Bibliographic Review of Personal Branding | Stefan Scheidt Carsten Gelhard Jörg Henseler | Personal branding (broadly, not specific to academia), terminology, definitions, undelying theories | Frontiers in Psychology | Journal article | 2020 | Yes | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01809 |
| Career Development | Personal Branding of Professors in Social Media: A Choice or a Necessity in Our days? | Irma Shyle | The positive impact of leveraging social media on personal branding | Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics | Conference proceedings | 2022 | no | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95809-1_10 |
| Career Development | The financial market of ideas: A theory of academic social media | Alessandro Delfanti | Insights on the role of Academia.edu in academic career progression and academic labor | Social Studies of Science | Journal article | 2021 | no | https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0306312720966649 |
| Career Development | The social academic: a social capital approach to academic relationship management on social media | Sanja Kapidzic | Insights on building social capital and relationship management in the academia | Information, Communication & Societt | Journal article | 2020 | no | https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1610472 |
| Career Development | Academic career development: A review and research agenda | Hannes Zachera Cort W.Rudolphb Tara Todorovica Daniel Ammanna | A review of publications on academic career development categorised in themes: (a) individual characteristics and personal resources, (b) contextual factors, (c) active regulation of behavior, (d) career stages, and (e) work and nonwork roles. | Journal of Vocational Behavior | Journal article | 2019 | no | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.08.006 |
| Career Development | An Investigation of Academic Career Success: The New Tempo of Academic Life | Maria L. Kraimer Lindsey Greco Scott E. Seibert Leisa D. Sargent | Predictors of academic career success | Academy of Management Learning & Education | Journal article | 2019 | no | https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2017.0391 |
| Career Development | Doctoral publishing as professional development for an academic career in higher education | Stephen Wilkins Joe Hazzam Jonathan Lean | The importance of pursuing publications during a doctoral study for future career progression | The International Journal of Management Education | Journal article | 2021 | no | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2021.100459 |
| Career Development | Dividing academic work: gender and academic career at Swedish universities | Petra Angervall Dennis Beach | Gender-based division of labor in the academia, insights from Sweden | Gender and Education | Journal article | 2020 | no | https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2017.1401047 |
| Career Development | The academic career: a study of subjectivity, gender and movement among women university lecturers | Petra Angervall | How women academics progress in their careers | Gender and Education | Journal article | 2016 | no | https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2016.1184234 |
| Career Development | Special Session: How International Scholars Maneuver Doctoral and Early Career Obstacles in new Environments beyond Academic Walls: An Abstract | Nina Krey, Shuang Wu, Sabinah Wanjugu, and Jihane Ait Samo | Challenges in early career progression among international PhD students | Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science | Conference proceedings | 2022 | no | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89883-0_137 |
| Career Development | Critical interactions shaping early academic career development in two higher education institutions | Brian Hemmings; Doug Hill; John G Sharp | Critical interactions within work environments that support the development of early career academics as researchers in institutions with lower order research profiles: insights from Australia and the UK | Issues in Educational Research (Retrieved from the University of Lincoln Repository) | Journal article | 2013 | yes | https://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/35978/1/Critical%20interactions.pdf |
| Career Development | Typical Academic Interview Questions | Anonymous | A list of questions which may be asked during an academic job interview | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | Document retrieved from University website | Not specified, accessed 8/05/2022 | Yes | https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/careers/Assets/Documents/PhD/InterviewQuestions.pdf |
| Career Development | 6 things to consider when transitioning from academia to industry | Kelechi Amakoh | Transitioning from academia to industry | Elsevier Connect | Online article | 2020 | Yes | https://www.elsevier.com/connect/6-things-to-consider-when-transitioning-from-academia-to-industry |
| Career Development | Common Academic Interview Questions | Anonymous | A list of questions which may be asked during an academic job interview | University of Connecticut Center for Career Development | Document retrieved from University website | Not specified, accessed 8/05/2022 | Yes | https://career.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/12/common-academic-inteview-questions.pdf |
| Career Development | Top 5 Academic Interview Answers | Anonymous | A list of 5 questions which may be asked during an academic job interview, followed by possible responses | jobs.ac.uk | Online article | 2022 | Yes | https://career-advice.jobs.ac.uk/jobseeking-and-interview-tips/top-5-academic-interview-questions-and-answers/ |
| Career Development | 10 Career Paths for PhDs | Anonymous | Exploring non-academic career paths | jobs.ac.uk | Document retrieved from careers website | Not specified, accessed 8/05/2022 | Yes | https://www.jobs.ac.uk/media/pdf/careers/resources/10-career-paths-for-phds.pdf |
| Career Development | I want to leave academia – what’s next? | Inger Mewburn | Exploring non-academic career paths | The Thesis Whisperer | Blog post | 2017 | Yes | https://thesiswhisperer.com/2017/12/06/i-want-to-leave-academia-what-next/ |
| Career Development | Guide to Answering Academic Job Interview Questions | Anonymous | A list of questions which may be asked during an academic job interview, potential responses, and general interview guidance | University of Rochester | Document retrieved from University website | Not specified, accessed 8/05/2023 | Yes | https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/careers/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/03/Guide-to-Answering-Academic-Job-Interview-Questions.pdf |
| Career Development | The Academic Job Interview: Questions to Help you Prepare | Anonymous | A list of questions which may be asked during an academic job interview | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Online article | 2022 | Yes | https://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/connections/academic-job-interview-questions-help-you-prepare |
| Career Development | A big list of academic job interview questions (and how to answer them) | Inger Mewburn | A list of questions which may be asked during an academic job interview and possible responses | The Thesis Whisperer | Blog post | 2019 | Yes | https://thesiswhisperer.com/2019/04/24/a-big-list-of-academic-job-interview-questions-and-how-to-answer-them/ |
| Career Development | Skype Interview Tips | Anonymous | How to set up for an online interview | Academic positions | Online article | 2018 | Yes | https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/tips-for-skype-interview |
| Career Development | Tips and Tricks for Academic Networking | Christopher Huggins | The importance of networking, guidance, social media | University Association for Contemporary European Studies | Online article | 2019 | Yes | https://www.uaces.org/resources/articles/tips-and-tricks-academic-networking |
| Career Development | 5 Easy Ways for PhD Students to Start Networking | Anonymous | Approaching networking as a PhD student | Academic positions | Online article | 2019 | Yes | https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/how-to-start-academic-networking |
| Career Development | Networking for a successful career in academia | Margarete Hubrath | Approaching academic networking | Academic.com Original source: uni-support / Institute for Academic Consulting, Düsseldorf | Online article | 2018 | Yes | https://www.academics.com/guide/academic-networking-germany |
| Career Development | Networking Strategies for Academics Who Are Bad at It | Bedelia Nicola Richards | Approaching academic networking | Inside Higher Ed | Online article | 2019 | Yes | https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/12/06/how-network-effectively-even-if-you-would-rather-avoid-it-opinion |
| Career Development | Networking in academia | Jennifer Streeter | Approaching academic networking | EMBO Reports | Report | 2014 | Yes | https://dx.doi.org/10.15252%2Fembr.201439626 |
| Career Development | Social media for professional development and networking opportunities in academia | Helen Donelan | Approaching academic networking, using social media | Journal of Further and Higher Education | Journal article | 2015 | no | https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2015.1014321 |
| Career Development | Early Career Women in Academia: An Exploration of Networking Perceptions | Terhi Nokkala, Bojana Ćulum & Tatiana Fumasoli | Approaching academic networking, from the perspective of early-career women | The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective | Book chapter | 2016 | no | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42436-1_14 |
| Career Development | Writing a statement of teaching philosophy for the academic job search | Chris O’Neal, Deborah Meizlish, and Matthew Kaplan | Teaching philosophy statement | Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan | Document retrieved from University website | 2007 | Yes | https://tilt.colostate.edu/ProDev/GTCertificates/pdfs/michTeachingPhilosophy-2-1.pdf |
| Career Development | How to Apply for an Academic Job | Catherine Armstrong | Analytical guidance on the academic job application process | jobs.ac.uk | Document retrieved from careers website | Not specified, accessed 8/05/2022 | Yes | https://www.jobs.ac.uk/media/pdf/careers/resources/how-to-apply-for-an-academic-job-ebook.pdf |
| Career Development | Applying for an academic job | Anonymous | Analytical guidance on the academic job application process | Careers and Employability Service University of Nottingham | Online article | 2022 | Yes | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/careers/phd-students/applying-for-an-academic-job/index.aspx |
| Career Development | Diversity statements: what to avoid and what to include | Pardis Mahdavi Scott Brooks | Guidance on writing a diversity statement | Times Higher Education | Online article | 2021 | Yes | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/diversity-statements-what-avoid-and-what-include |
| Career Development | Fee Fi Fo Fail: fairy stories for future failures | Stephen Brown | Celebrating Failure: A path towards opening up disciplinary debate | Journal of Marketing Management | Journal article | 2023 | No | https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2023.2217840 |
| Career Development | Avoiding failure in academia: strategies from non-Western early career researchers in the UK | Ratna Khanijou & Amalina Zakariah | Celebrating Failure: A path towards opening up disciplinary debate | Journal of Marketing Management | Journal article | 2023 | Yes | https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2023.2208597 |
| Career Development | Celebrating failure: a path towards opening up disciplinary debate | Chloe Preece, Benedetta Cappellini & Gretchen Larsen | Celebrating Failure: A path towards opening up disciplinary debate | Journal of Marketing Management | Journal article | 2023 | Yes | https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2023.2243959 |
| Funding and Impact | How to write really good research funding applications | Adam Lindgreen, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Camilla Verdich, Joëlle Vanhamme, Vinod Venkatraman, Steven Pattinson, Ann Højbjerg Clarke, Zaheer Khan | Early career researchers, finding support, funding applications | Industrial Marketing Management | Journal article | 2019 | No | How to write really good research funding applications – ScienceDirect |
| Funding and Impact | The effect of writing style on success in grant applications | Petervan den Besselaar Charlie Mom | Criteria of success for grant applications | Journal of Infometrics | Journal article | 2022 | Yes | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101257 |
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