Opportunities and Barriers for Lecturers’ Career Progression: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Labour Market

Authors

  • Nu Nguyet Anh Nguyen The University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
  • Ninh Nguyen Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh city

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/isr.v15i2.891

Abstract

Scientific labour market mobility is important for stability in tertiary education worldwide. The systematic research evaluates academic career progression challenges and trends through analysis of 792 Web of Science and Scopus papers spanning from 1990 to 2025. A bibliometric study identified research trends and nodes. and Scopus papers spanning from 1990 to 2025. Gender equality problems combine with limited funding alongside restrictive institutional barriers to create barriers for women in educational development. Limited professional development, international cooperation, and adoption of educational technology remain major challenges. Conversely, growth opportunities include enhanced leadership training, interdisciplinary collaboration, and digital transformation, all of which foster innovation and equity. This study reinforces equality, employability, and leadership as the main elements shaping academic career mobility. More importantly, this study suggests future paths of research that include the support of multicultural and multidisciplinary scholarships, and the expansion of engagement in higher education. The bibliometric analysis revealed a growing trend in research in providing equity for academic opportunities to minority ethnic and socioeconomic background groups.

Downloads

Published

12.05.2025

How to Cite

Nguyen, N. N. A., & Nguyen, N. (2025). Opportunities and Barriers for Lecturers’ Career Progression: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Labour Market. Italian Sociological Review, 15(2), 369. https://doi.org/10.13136/isr.v15i2.891

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2025 Ninh Nguyen, Anh Nguyen

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

(APC) Article and submissions processing charges

ISR does not ask for articles and submissions processing charges APC

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following points:

  1. Authors retain the rights to their work and give to the journal the right of first publication of the work, simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons License. This attribution allows others to share the work, indicating the authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. The authors may enter into other agreements with non-exclusive license to distribute the published version of the work (eg. deposit it in an institutional archive or publish it in a monograph), provided to indicate that the document was first published in this journal.
  3. Authors can distribute their work online (eg. on their website) only after the article is published (See The Effect of Open Access).