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The academic profession in Spain: Between the civil service and the market

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The academic profession in Spain is coming to the end of a dynamic period that is the consequence of profound changes and growth. Tenured academic staff with civil servant status enjoy reasonable working conditions. Nevertheless, recruitment and promotion procedures are now under scrutiny. The situation of nontenured academic staff is rather less positive.

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  1. Department of Applied Economics, University of Valencia and IVIE, Campus dels Tarongers, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    José-Ginés Mora

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Mora, JG. The academic profession in Spain: Between the civil service and the market. Higher Education 41, 131–155 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026723014731

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