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Diversity may occur amonginstitutions that are considered to be similar.This is one of the arguments developed in thispaper through the empirical analysis of facultyrecruitments in history and mathematics withinGerman and French universities. This studyshows that the definition of what constitutes a`good candidate' varies greatly from onedepartment to another and affects the criteriato be taken into account and their respectiveweight in the decision. These variations are tobe explained by the internal dynamics of theparticular national academic labour market, thespecific situation of the department and alsoby its development strategy.
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Musselin, C. Diversity around the Profile of the `Good' Candidate within French and German Universities. Tertiary Education and Management 8, 243–258 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016383128327
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