Prestigious academic career: To whom the prestige is really belonged to?
Prestigious academic career: To whom the prestige is belonged to? The “publish or perish” attitude of the academics is one of the mechanisms to determine the prestigious of a university (Anonymous, 2014). In other words, the scholar’s research that was turn into publication might receive high recognition from academic community around the globe which will give credit to the university or institution where the scholar is belonged to. Through this achievement, the university is capable of improving its reputation in university ranking (Times Higher Education, 2017). Since 2004 until the recent ranking, Times Higher Education acknowledges this contribution which is measured under the categories of research and citation (Times Higher Education, 2017). Mohammed (2016) clarified that the occupational prestige which involves the assessment of a person’s worth based on their job extends beyond an estimation of income earned or their usefulness in a professional network. Instead, Mohammed (2