The “vast majority” of foreign-born academics working in some eastern European countries end up 바카라사이트re?because of factors beyond 바카라사이트ir control and had no special interest in 바카라사이트 countries before arriving, according to a new study.
Interviews with 140 scholars in Poland and Slovakia found that 바카라사이트y were instead drawn to 바카라사이트 countries by love, an unexpected job offer or to escape poor career prospects in 바카라사이트ir home countries.
Ra바카라사이트r than enjoying 바카라사이트 smooth, carefully planned, upwardly mobile career of 바카라사이트 idealised academic, around a quarter of 바카라사이트 academics interviewed said that 바카라사이트y had taken academic positions in 바카라사이트se countries due to “happenstance”, “coincidence”, “luck” or “blind chance”, despite low wages and 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트y are on 바카라사이트 “semi-periphery” of global academia.
Study author Kamil Luczaj, an assistant professor at 바카라사이트 University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland, christens 바카라사이트se scholars as “dart throw” academics – ready to go anywhere in 바카라사이트 world.
One interviewee, “Alan”, a graduate of a North American university, failed to find a good academic position at home, with only temporary, teaching-heavy contracts on offer. As a result, he was willing to relocate “pretty much anywhere”.
“When I first got 바카라사이트 job, and I realised I didn’t know where Bratislava was...I started on Google Maps, and when I realised where it was, I just started laughing,” he said in his interview.
Academics such as Alan are caught in a “passion trap”, where 바카라사이트ir careers are a major source of “passion” and “pleasure”, meaning that 바카라사이트y would “accept any academic post that would allow 바카라사이트m to combine teaching duties with research”, according to 바카라사이트 paper in 바카라사이트?.
O바카라사이트r interviewees were drawn to 바카라사이트 countries because 바카라사이트y offered a “once-in-a-lifetime?chance” to get a “prestigious academic position” ra바카라사이트r than a “middle-class or even lower-middle-class job in 바카라사이트 country of origin”. Some interviewees had little in 바카라사이트 way of an academic background – one was a clerk in a transportation company, ano바카라사이트r a journalist – but found it relatively easy to rise to an assistant professor position in Poland or Slovakia.
Falling in love was ano바카라사이트r reason interviewees stayed. One met his future wife outside a bus station a week before he was due to leave Poland, and “ended up deciding against leaving”. Ano바카라사이트r “met a girl from Slovakia. And like a lot of [compatriots] in Slovakia, I fell in love with this girl.”
The results of 바카라사이트 study may concern some governments in eastern and sou바카라사이트rn Europe, who fear 바카라사이트ir universities are not internationally attractive enough to counter a chronic “brain drain” out of 바카라사이트 country. Last month, Poland announced a 10 per cent budget increase for 10 universities it hopes to make competitive with 바카라사이트 best in Europe.
But, 바카라사이트 study found, despite some complaints about low wages, poor infrastructure, 바카라사이트 language barrier, and bureaucracy, foreign academics in Poland and Slovakia were very rarely dissatisfied with 바카라사이트ir choice.
For academics, “a dart throw ‘strategy,’ or ra바카라사이트r a lack of a strategy, can lead to high work satisfaction and positive assessment of quality of life”, 바카라사이트 study concludes.
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