Academic Work | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Scholarship on academic work includes research on the Canadian professoriate, academic careers, and international studies on the academic profession.

Books

Internationalization and the Academic Profession book cover.

Internationalization and the Academic Profession

Edited by Alper Çal, Glen A. Jones, and Yangson Kim

Universities in the Knowledge Society book cover.

Universities in the Knowledge Society

Edited by Timo Aarrevaara, Martin Finkelstein, Glen A. Jones, and Jisun Jung

Professorial Pathways: Academic Careers in a Global Perspective book cover.

Professorial Pathways

Edited by Martin J. Finkelstein and Glen A. Jones

Doctoral Education for the Knowledge Society: Convergence or Divergence in National Approaches? book cover.

Doctoral Education for the Knowledge Society

Edited by Jung Cheol Shin, Barbara M. Kehm, and Glen A. Jones

Papers

Lefebvre, M-E., Maltais, E., Bégin-Caouette, O., Jones, G. A., Karram Stephenson, G., Scott Metcalfe, A. (2023). La correspondance entre des caractéristiques sociodémographiques de professeur·e·s universitaires canadiens sur la collaboration et la coécriture de publications avec des collègues internationaux/The relationship between socio-demographic characteristics of Canadian university professors and collaboration and co-writing of publications with international colleagues. Comparative and International Education, 51 (2), 127-140.

Jones, Glen A., Calikoglu, Alper & Kim, Yangson (2023). Internationalization and the Academic Profession: Key Concepts and Themes. In Alper Calikoglu, Glen A. Jones & Yangson Kim (eds.). Internationalization and the Academic Profession: Comparative Perspectives (pp. 1-12). Springer.

Kim, Yangson, Jones, Glen A. & Calikoglu, Alper (2023) The Comparative Study of Internationalization and the Academic Profession: Challenges and Possibilities. In Alper Calikoglu, Glen A. Jones & Yangson Kim (eds.). Internationalization and the Academic Profession: Comparative Perspectives (pp. 217-234). Springer.

Jones, Glen A. (2023). The Professoriate and Public Policy. In S. Marginson, B. Cantwell, D. Platonova & A. Smolentseva (eds.) Assessing the Contributions of Higher Education: Knowledge for a Disordered World (pp. 243-261). Edward Elgar.

Karram Stephenson, Grace, Koga, Silvia Mirlene Nakano, Jefferson, Alison, Bégin-Caouette, Olivia, Béland, Sébastien, Jones, Glen A., Metcalfe, Amy Scott (2022). Canadian Universities and Incentives for Teaching or Research: Institutional Oversight and Supports. In F. Huang, T. Aarrevaara & U. Teichler (eds.), Teaching and Research in the Knowledge Society – Historical and Comparative Perspectives (pp. 33-52). Springer.

Jones, Glen A. & Weinrib, J. (2022). The Changing Context of Academic Work: Fragmentation, Institutional Horizontal Diversity and Vertical Stratification. In Cláudia S. Sarrico, Maria J. Rosa & Teresa Carvalho (eds.), Research Handbook on Managing Academics (pp. 36-46). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Karram Stephenson, G., Jones, G. A., Bégin-Caouette, O. & Scott Metcalfe, A. (2022). Professors and Internationalization in Canada: Academic Disciplines and Global Activities. Yükseköğretim Dergisi/ TÜBA Higher Education Research/Review (Turkey), 12 (suppl), s14-s23.

Jones, Glen A. & Jefferson, Alison Elizabeth (2021). Reconceptualizing the Phenomenon of Inbreeding: Labour Markets, Stratification and Capital. Higher Education Quarterly, 76(1), 8-19. http://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12329

Schneijderberg, C., Götze, N. Jones, G. A., Bilyalov, D., Panova, A., Karram Stephenson, G. & Yudkevich, M. (2021). Does Vertical University Stratification Foster or Hinder Academics’ Societal Engagement? Findings from Canada, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Higher Education Policy, 34(1), 66-87. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-020-00219-5

Wang, Siyi, & Jones, Glen A. (2021). Competing Institutional Logics of Academic Personnel System Reforms in Leading Chinese Universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 43(1), 49-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2020.1747958

Aarrevaara., Timo, Finkelstein, Martin, J., Jones, Glen A. & Jung, Jisun (2021). Universities and the Knowledge Society: An Introduction. In T. Aarrevaara, M. J. Finkelstein, G.A Jones. & J. Jung (eds.), Universities and the Knowledge Society: The Nexus of National Systems of Innovation and Higher Education (pp. 3-14). Cham: Springer.

Aarrevaara., Timo, Finkelstein, Martin, J., Jones, Glen A. & Jung, Jisun (2021). The Academic Profession in the Knowledge-based Society (APIKS): Evolution of a Major Comparative Research Project. In T. Aarrevaara, M. J. Finkelstein, G.A Jones. & J. Jung (eds.), Universities and the Knowledge Society: The Nexus of National Systems of Innovation and Higher Education (pp. 49-64). Cham: Springer.

Bégin-Caouette, Olivier, Jones, Glen A., Karram Stephenson, Grace & Metcalfe, Amy Scott (2021). Canada: The Role of the University Sector in National Research and Development. In T. Aarrevaara, M. J. Finkelstein, G.A Jones. & J. Jung (eds.), Universities and the Knowledge Society: The Nexus of National Systems of Innovation and Higher Education (pp. 375-392). Cham: Springer.

Jung, Jisun, Jones, Glen A., Finkelstein, Martin J. & Aarrevaara, T. (2021). Comparing Systems of Research and Innovation: Shifting Contexts for Higher Education and the Academic Profession. In T. Aarrevaara, M. J. Finkelstein, G.A Jones. & J. Jung (eds.), Universities and the Knowledge Society: The Nexus of National Systems of Innovation and Higher Education (pp. 415-428). Cham: Springer.

Jones, Glen A. (2020). Academic Profession. In David, Miriam & Amey, Marilyn J. (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education (pp. 45-47). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Karram Stephenson, Grace, Jones, Glen A., Bégin-Caouette, Olivier & Metcalfe, Amy Scott. (2020) Teaching, Research and the Canadian Professoriate: Findings from the 2018 APIKS survey. Higher Education Forum, 17, 25-41.

Finkelstein, Martin and Jones, Glen A. (2019). Introduction: The Academic Profession Enters a New, Global Era. In M. Finkelstein and G. A. Jones (eds.), Professorial Pathways: Academic Careers in Global Perspective (pp. 1-20). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Jones, Glen A. and Finkelstein, Martin. (2019). Looking Across Systems: Implications for Comparative, International Studies of Academic Work. In M. Finkelstein and G. A. Jones (eds.), Professorial Pathways: Academic Careers in Global Perspective (pp. 265-290). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Jones, Glen A. (2019). Canada: Decentralization, Unionization, and the Evolution of Academic Career Pathways. In M. Finkelstein and G. A. Jones (eds.), Professorial Pathways: Academic Careers in Global Perspective (pp. 244-264). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Jones, Glen A. (2019). Governing Quality: The Shifting Role of the Academic Profession in Decisions of Academic Quality and Standards. Higher Education Forum, 16, 15-26.

Shin, J.C., Kehm, Barbara M., and Jones, Glen A. (2018). The Increasing Importance, Growth and Evolution of Doctoral Training. In J.C. Shin, B. M. Kehm and G. A. Jones (eds.), Doctoral Education for the Knowledge Society – Convergence or Divergence in National Approaches? (pp. 1-10). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Jones, Glen A. (2018). Doctoral Education in Canada. In J.C. Shin, B. M. Kehm and G. A. Jones (eds.), Doctoral Education for the Knowledge Society – Convergence or Divergence in National Approaches? (pp. 147-164). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Kehm, Barbara M., Shin, J.C., and Jones, Glen A. (2018). Conclusion – Doctoral Education and Training: A Global Convergence? In J.C. Shin, B. M. Kehm and G. A. Jones (eds.), Doctoral Education for the Knowledge Society – Convergence or Divergence in National Approaches? (pp. 237-255). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Karram Stephenson, G., Jones, G. A., Begin-Caouette, O., Metcalfe A.& Toor, A. (2017). Responding to Change Assessing Difference: A Review of the Literature on Professors at Canadian Universities.

This review details research findings on Canadian professors from 1950-2017.

Gopaul, B., Jones, G. A, Weinrib, J., Metcalfe, A. S., Fisher, D. & Rubenstein, K. (2016). The Academic Profession in Canada: Perceptions of Canadian University Faculty on Research and Teaching. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 46(2), 55-77.

Metcalfe, A. S., Fisher, D, Jones, G. A., Gingras, Y., Rubenson, K. & Snee, I. (2016) The changing academic profession in Canada: Personal characteristics, career trajectories, sense of identity/commitment and job satisfaction. In J. F. Galaz-Fontes, A. Arimoto, U.Teichler, & J. Brennan (Eds.), Biographies and careers throughout academic life (pp. 105-120). Dordrecht: Springer.

Field, C. C. and Jones, Glen A. (2016). A Survey of Sessional Faculty in Ontario Publicly Funded Universities. Toronto: Centre for the Study of Canadian and International Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Marquina, Monica and Jones, Glen A. (2015). Generational Change and Academic Work: An Introduction. Studies in Higher Education, 40 (8), 1349-1353.

Field, C. C., Jones, G. A., Karram Stephenson, G., & Khoyetsyan, A. (2014). The "Other" University Teachers: Non-Full-Time Instructors at Ontario Universities. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.

Field, C. C., Jones, G. A., Karram Stephenson, G. & Khoyetsyan, A. (2014). Les «autres» professeurs d’université: enseignants non à temps plein dans les universités de l’Ontario. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.

Jones, G., Gopaul, B., Weinrib, J., Metcalfe, A. S., Fisher, D., Gingras, Y., & Rubenson, K (2014). Teaching, Research, and the Canadian Professoriate. In J. C. Shin, A. Arimoto, W. K. Cummings & U. Teichler (Eds.), Teaching and Research in Contemporary Higher Education: Systems, Activities and Rewards (pp. 335-356). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Jones, G. (2013). The Horizontal and Vertical Fragmentation of Academic Work and the Challenge for Academic Governance and Leadership. Asia Pacific Education Review. 14 (1), 75-83.

Weinrib, J., Jones, G., Metcalfe, A. S., Fisher, D., Gingras, Y., Rubenson, K., & Snee, I. (2013). Canada: Canadian university academics’ perceptions of job satisfaction - “…the future is not what it used to be.” In P.J. Bentley, H. Coates, I. R. Dobson, L. Goedegebuure & V. Lynn Meek (Eds.), Job satisfaction around the academic world (pp. 83-102). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Weinrib, Julian and Jones, Glen A. (2012). The Myth of the Academic Generation Gap: Comparing Junior and Single Faculty in Canada's Universities. Academic Matters (October, 2012, online).

Gopaul, Bryan, Jones, Glen A., and Weinrib, Julian (2012). The Changing Academic Profession in Canada: Perceptions of Canadian University Faculty on Teaching and Research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May, 2012.

Jones, Glen A. and Weinrib, Julian (2012). The Organization of Academic Work and the Remuneration of Faculty at Canadian Universities. In P. Altbach et al, Paying the Professoriate: A Global Comparison of Compensation and Contracts (pp. 83-93). New York: Routledge.

Jones, Glen A. and Gopaul, Bryan (2012). Doctoral Education and the Global University: Student Mobility, Hierarchy and Canadian Government Policy. In Adam Nelson and Ian Wei (eds.), The Global University: Past, Present and Future Perspectives (pp. 189-209). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Jones, Glen A., Weinrib, Julian, Metcalfe, Amy Scott, Fisher, Don, Rubenson, Kjell, & Snee, Iain. (2012). Academic Work in Canada: Perceptions of Early Career Academics. Higher Education Quarterly, 66 (2), 189-206.

Jones, Glen A. (2011). The Fragmentation of Academic Work and the Challenge for Academic Governance and Leadership. Paper presented at the World University Network's "Ideas and Universities" conference entitled "The Changing Roles of Academics and Administrators in Times of Uncertainty" hosted by the Hong Kong Institute for Education, Hong Kong, November 3-4, 2011.

Jones, Glen A. (2011). The Horizontal and Vertical Fragmentation of Academic Work: The Academic Profession in Canada and a Proposal for a New International Study. Paper presented at the International Workshop on the Changing Academic Profession organized by the Graduate School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, November 12-14, 2011.

Jones, Glen A., Weinrib, Julian, Metcalfe, Amy S., Fisher, Don, Rubenson, Kjell, and Snee, Iain (2011). Perceptions of Early Career Faculty in the Context of Academic Work in Canada. Paper presented at the Fourth International CETL Conference entitled “Academia as Workplace: Linking Past, Present and Future” held at St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, April 4-6, 2011.

Metcalf, Amy S. , Fisher, Donald, Rubenson, Kjell, Snee, Iain, Gingras, Yves, and Jones, Glen A. (2011). Canada: Perspectives on Governance and Management. In William Locke, William K. Cummings, and Donald Fisher (Eds.), Governance and Management of Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives of the Academy (pp. 151-174). Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer.

Jones, Glen A. (2007). The Academy as a Work in Progress. Academic Matters, April, 10-13.

Jones, Glen A. (2006). The Restructuring of Academic Work: Themes and Observations. Higher Education in Europe, 31(3) 317-325.

Jones, Glen A. (2006). Introduction to the issue. (Special guest-edited theme issue on “Complex Realities: Contractual Regulations and Institutional Employment Practices for Academic Staff.”) Higher Education in Europe, 31(3) 229-230.

Jones, Glen A. and Kreber, Carolin (1994). Politics and the Professoriate. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, Calgary, June.

Bell, Stephen & Jones, Glen A. (1992) Paid Consulting in Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 22(3), 1-13.

Projects

The Academic Profession in the Knowledge Society: Canadian Chapter

In 2017-18 our research team administered a national survey of faculty in Canada as part of the international Academic Profession in the Knowledge-based Society project. This international project involves more than 20 national research teams.

Changing Academic Profession Study

In 2007 the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) survey was administered in 18 countries. This major international project involved the administration of a common questionnaire to a sample of university faculty in multiple countries. The study focused on faculty perceptions of academic work, working conditions, job satisfaction, research activities, teaching activities, work history, and a range of demographic variables. The project design was highly decentralized, with national research teams collecting data and coordinating with other teams through international meetings.