Academia

, 98

Academic career

, 53–54

Academic career path

, 32

Academic citizenship

, 126–127

Academic culture and freedom

, 50–51

Academic journey

, 82–83

Academic life

, 59

Academic mobility

, 53, 182

researcher on

, 166–167

Academic profession

, 64–65

Academic promotion

, 90–91

Academic standards

, 55–57

Achieving Academic Promotion

, 1–2

Administrative and teaching duties

, 159–161

AMOS

, 68–69

ATLAS-ti

, 68–69

Australia

, 116–117

Australia

, 169–170

Bahasa Melayu

, 86–87

Barriers

, 117–120

Barriers, opportunities, strategies, successes (BOSS)

, 2–3

future scene using BOSS framework

, 6–9

Canadian experience

, 64–65

lack of

, 75–77

Career plan

, 42–44

Challenges

, 21

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)

, 73

China

, 32, 34–35

Collaborations

, 106–109

Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)

, 154

Contract renewal leading to lack of job security

, 87–88

Cultural hierarchies

, 51–53

Departmental WhatsApp groups

, 50–51

Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic (DVC(A))

, 53–54

Early career academics in Japan

, 155–164

Early Career Researcher (ECR)

, 23, 64–65, 70–72, 131

Early-career academics

, 178

Egos

, 37–38

Empirical-based studies

, 6–7

English as a Foreign Language (EFL)

, 64

English Language Training (ELT)

, 77

Expression of Interest (EOI)

, 121

Family

, 150–151

Gaokao

, 34–35

Gender

, 182

Global academia

, 103–104

Global Higher Education Network (GHEN)

, 84

Gross Expenditure on Research & Development (GERD)

, 66

Head of Department (HoD)

, 53–54

Higher education

, 37

Higher education institutions (HEIs)

, 3–4, 155–156

Hiragana

, 151–152

Human relations

, 39

Hurdles in academia

, 77–79

Immigration regulations

, 89–90

Institutional cultures

, 101–103

Intercultural competences

, 41

International academic mobility

, 182

conversation

, 183–196

International academics

, 2–4, 39, 102, 117, 166

challenges of being international academic in Malaysia from Africa

, 85–91

contract renewal leading to lack of job security

, 87–88

cultural and linguistic challenges

, 86–87

current scene on

, 5–6

immigration regulations

, 89–90

in Malaysian universities

, 83–85

promotion

, 90–91

International Doctoral Education Network (IDERN)

, 51–53

International higher education (IHE)

, 182

International Journal of Students as Partners (IJSaP)

, 111

International researchers

, 131

International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)

, 100–101

Internationalisation

, 98, 135

in higher education

, 166

Ivory tower across borders

, 98

Japan

, 130, 132–133, 151–152

application process

, 133–135

early career academics in

, 155–164

expectations and responsibilities

, 137–140

outsider

, 141–143

reflections

, 133

Shannon

, 132

tenure

, 135–137

work-life balance

, 140–141

Yusuke

, 132–133

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

, 154, 158

Japan’s higher education system

, 130

Job hunting

, 155–158

Journey

, 127

K-12 education

, 105–106

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

, 109

Leadership

celebrate success

, 27–29

labyrinth

, 21–23

spotlighting opportunities and strategies

, 23–27

Learning

, 104–106

Lived experiences

, 50

Malaysia

, 50–51, 53, 82–83, 116

Malaysian international academic

, 83–85

Malaysian Journal of Teaching and Learning (MJLI)

, 102–103

Mathematics

, 36–37

Mental self-assessments

, 33–34

Mentoring

, 106–109

Mentorship

, 161–164

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

, 64

Mobile academic

, 167–168

Mobility

, 98, 130–131, 182

National Higher Education Research Institute (NAHERI)

, 82–83

New Zealand (NZ)

, 18–20, 53–54

experience in

, 62

university policies

, 53–54

Nigeria

, 82

Occupation-Specific Language Training (OSLT)

, 77

Old Man and the Sea, The

, 35

Ontario Certified English Language Teacher (OCELT)

, 73

Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC)

, 73

Opportunities

, 19–20, 117, 120

Overseas experience (OE)

, 18–19

Placing-cart-in-front-of-horse method

, 36–37

Positionality

, 99–101

Problem-based teaching

, 5

Productivity

, 69–72

Professional designations

, 64–65

importance of

, 73–74

Project Management Professional (PMP)

, 73

Project-based learning

, 5

Prolific researcher/writer

, 57–58

Pursuit of freedom

, 51–53

Putra Sarjana

, 51–53

Queer

, 182–183

Research

, 125–126

culture

, 65–69

experience

, 158–159

institute

, 83

Research and Innovation Centre (RIMC)

, 102–103

Research Universities (RUs)

, 65–66

Sabbaticals

, 168

Scenes

, 1–2

current scene on international academics

, 5–6

future scene using BOSS framework

, 6–9

setting

, 2–3

Scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)

, 105–106, 110–111

Science

, 36

Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)

, 19

Self-created opportunities

, 120–122

Sexuality

, 189–190

Short-term international mobility

, 169–170

preparing

, 171–174

returning

, 177–178

staying

, 174–177

Short-term mobility

, 4, 168

Shut up and write groups

, 58

Slow academic

, 58–59

SmartPLS

, 68–69

Space for convergence

, 104–111

institutional and global expectations

, 109–111

research and supervision

, 106–109

teaching and learning

, 104–106

Sport Information Research Centre (SIRC)

, 28

Sport Management of Australia and New Zealand’s Board (SMAANZ Board)

, 28–29

Staff start-off package

, 88

Strategies

, 20, 122, 124

Students as Partners (SaP)

, 105–106

Successes

, 20, 124, 127

Teaching

, 104, 106, 124–125

Techniques

, 122–124

Tenure

, 135–137

Thailand

, 182

The Research Council (TRC)

, 70–71

Tools

, 122–124

Type 2B international academics

, 83

United Kingdom (UK)

, 18–20

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

, 82–83

University’s Teaching and Learning Centre (UTLC)

, 103

Vice chancellor (VC)

, 51–53

Women

, 182–183

Work-life balance

, 60

World Education Services–Canada (WES–Canada)

, 73, 76