The Third International Survey of the Academic Profession: The Hong Kong Component

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Project Title
The Third International Survey of the Academic Profession: The Hong Kong Component
Principal Investigator
Professor Zhang, Li Fang   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Shin Jung Cheol   (Co-Investigator)
Duration
48
Start Date
2016-01-01
Amount
785500
Conference Title
The Third International Survey of the Academic Profession: The Hong Kong Component
Presentation Title
Keywords
academic governance, academic profession, international higher education, teaching-research nexus
Discipline
Education: Policy & Administration
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17604015
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2015
Status
Completed
Objectives
1) Examine how members of the academic profession in Hong Kong, especially junior academics, are responding to the glacial shifts in higher education since 2007, including Hong Kong’s curriculum and structural reform, and increase in non-local students and international students. 2) Construct a conceptual model on the impact of academics’ personal characteristics and institutional factors upon academics’ psychological well-being (specifically, occupational stress and job satisfaction) and organizational commitment, as mediated by their teaching, research, and knowledge exchange activities. 3) Identify where the Hong Kong academic profession is situated within the larger context of the global academy over the period of the three international surveys (1993, 2007, 2016) in comparison with the other participating countries/jurisdictions.