Abstract
Throughout this volume, our authors in Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania have consistently portrayed higher education and the academic market as increasingly global-leading universities to hire foreign faculty members with greater frequency than ever before. Once these faculty members are “imported,”they face a broad search for meaning in their new position as a transnational scholar. In Chapter 9, Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich describes her “ongoing liminal position as an academic other”in which one is constantly a learner and observer, thus conferring “advantages and analytical adventures.”This concluding chapter is an attempt to understand better such liminality: Its qualities; how transnational faculty members, their coworkers, and institutions can successfully deal with its challenges; and how an inclusive approach can enrich and benefit the work dynamics of host organizations.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 174-200 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781317578802 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138954182 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 Jan 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Making sense of transnational academics’ experiences : Constructive marginality in liminal spaces. / Komisarof, Adam; Hua, Zhu.
Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities. Taylor and Francis, 2016. p. 174-200.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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