Table 2 Summary of data analyzeda.

From: From vocation to profession: multiple identities of Chinese management academics

 

BD

WH

DW

SC

Data source

Words count

Interviews

    

43 interviewers

700,000+

Postdoctoral (PD)

1

 

2

 

3

Lecturers (L)

1

4

2

3

10

Associate Professors (AP)

3

3

5

 

11

Full Professors (FP)

2

1

2

4

9

Doctoral Students (DS)

 

2

4

4

10

Observation

Management systems (MS)

√

 

√

  

30,000+

Work routines (WR)

  

√

  

Interactions with colleagues and students (ICS)

  

√

  

Archival documents

    

89 documents

 

Related literature (RL)

    

20

200,000+

Retrospective/summary works (RSW)

    

5

News reports (NR)

    

33

Organizational documents (OD)

 

2

4

 

6

Social media discussions (SMD)

    

25

  1. aLabels in parentheses indicate our notations in the text. For example, when quoting from the interview data, we assign each interview a number from 1 to 3 and use the prefix PD to refer to the postdoctor. We use similar notations for our observation and archival data.
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