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Direct linkHockey, John – Studies in Higher Education, 2004
Contract researchers constitute a marginal occupational group within the UK higher education system, and they manifest a high degree of turnover, in terms of leaving employment and returning to it. This article, which is based on qualitative interviews, examines some of the informal work which social science contract researchers engage in as they…
Descriptors: Researchers, Employment Potential, Social Sciences, Higher Education
