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This chapter seeks, at once, to understand the dimensionality of internationalization as a construct (uni- vs. multidimensional) and to develop and test a model of the factors that shape the extent to which, and the pattern in which, academic staff engage in international activities—ranging from the macro level of country characteristics through organizational or institutional characteristics to individual characteristics, both professional and personal. To that end, we perform a factor analysis of 19 international activity variables for which data was available in the 2007–2008 Changing Academic Profession survey followed by a cluster analysis of individual faculty profiles. We conclude with a logistic regression analysis that seeks to determine how the various predictors affect the odds of faculty engaging in international activity.
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The distinction between “core” or “center” and “periphery” was first advanced by scholars of economic development, including Paul Krugman. In the context of higher education, the concepts were introduced by Philip Altbach in “Centers and Peripheries in the Academic Profession,” in Altbach (2003).
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For definitions of mature vs. emerging countries, see Chap. 4.
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We recognize that academic field may be viewed as well as an organizational characteristic insofar as academic fields represent communities of inquiry, albeit more often than not invisible.
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For categorical variables, we constructed a parallel matrix based on Spearman Rho correlation coefficients.
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The coding of categorical variables is described in Appendix 1.
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Appendix 1: Dichotomous Variables Coding for Logistic Regression
Appendix 1: Dichotomous Variables Coding for Logistic Regression
Frequency | Parameter coding (1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Asian region | 0 Non-Asian regional | 5,274 | 0 |
1 Asian regional | 2,184 | 1 | |
Emerging or mature economy | 0 Emerging economy | 2,753 | 0 |
1 Mature economy | 4,705 | 1 | |
Language (English used) | 0 Non-English | 5,188 | 0 |
1 English | 2,270 | 1 | |
Current institution | 1 Universities | 5,500 | 1 |
2 Other institutions | 1,958 | 0 | |
Academic rank | 1 Senior position | 4,571 | 0 |
2 Junior/other positions | 2,887 | 1 | |
Discipline (hard sciences) | 0 Soft sciences | 3,100 | 0 |
1 Hard sciences | 4,358 | 1 | |
Orientation primarily teaching | 0 Orientation primarily research | 5,152 | 0 |
1 Orientation primarily teaching | 2,306 | 1 | |
Gender (male) | 0 Female | 2,244 | 0 |
1 Male | 5,214 | 1 | |
Country of first degree is same as current country | 0 Different | 707 | 0 |
1 Same | 6,751 | 1 | |
Country of birth is same as current country | 0 Different | 735 | 0 |
1 Same | 6,723 | 1 | |
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Finkelstein, M., Sethi, W. (2014). Patterns of Faculty Internationalization: A Predictive Model. In: Huang, F., Finkelstein, M., Rostan, M. (eds) The Internationalization of the Academy. The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7278-6_11
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