International faculty: exploring the relationship between on-campus support and off-campus integration
International faculty: exploring the relationship between on-campus support and off-campus integration
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DOI：
10.1007/s10734-023-01124-7
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发表时间：
2023-11-08
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5
通讯作者：
Patterson，Allie Spencer
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作者：
Brotherhood，Thomas;Patterson，Allie Spencer
在过去的十年中，国际或移民教师研究人员探索了这个社区的工作角色、学术经历和身份，而一个新的研究机构已经开始利用移民研究的见解来调查他们在多大程度上以及如何融入校园。本文试图通过考虑对国际教师的校园支持、他们融入东道国社会以及这些因素之间的关系来扩展这些讨论。这项研究以日本为重点，通过对著名的日本学术振兴会（JSPS）博士后奖学金获得者的定量调查和定性访谈，发现校内支持与日本社会更高程度的融入有关，但大学提供的语言和社会支持存在明显缺陷。这些发现表明，寻求吸引和留住国际人才的大学应首先投资于语言学习支持服务，并反思它们在国际教职人员和当地社区之间发挥的中介作用。
Over the past decade, international or migrant faculty researchers have explored the work roles, academic experiences, and identities of this community, while a new body of research has begun to draw on insights from migration studies to investigate to what extent and how they are integrated on campus. This paper seeks to extend these discussions by considering on-campus support for international faculty, their integration into the host society, and the relationship between these factors. Focusing on Japan and drawing on both a quantitative survey and qualitative interviews of recipients of the prestigious Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-Doctoral Fellowship, this study reveals that on-campus support is associated with higher levels of integration in Japanese society, but there are notable deficiencies in the linguistic and social support offered by universities. These findings indicate that universities seeking to attract and retain international talent should initially invest in language learning support services and reflect on the intermediary role they play between international faculty members and the local community.