Development features of the internal labor market institutions in national and foreign universities

ZACHARIADIS E.Y.
graduate student, Southern Federal University

TERRA ECONOMICUS, 2013, Vol. 11 (no. 2.2),

p. 128-132

In the article comparative analysis of universities’ internal labor markets and their institutes is presented. Some major factors that are important for current period of innovation modernization strategy (among them financial responsibility and economic productivity, personnel involvement, academic freedom) have been determined. It was stated that China and Russian universities are more characterized with informal institutions and practices of internal labor market. While internal labor markets of US and UK universities are ruled by formal rules and competitive mechanisms of promotion and career development. The article develops a thesis about institutional evolution on internal labor markets in Russian Universities towards formal practices and personnel involvement. In the period of institutional change personnel adaptability must be taken into consideration.

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Keywords: academic labor market; internal labor market; academic contract; professional skills; organizational rules; promotion; career

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Publisher: Southern Federal University
Founder: Southern Federal University
ISSN: 2073-6606