The views of the academicians related to academic career levels and promotion criteria

Abstract

In this study, the views of the university faculty members related to academic career process and academic promotion criteria have been discussed. For this reason, fifteen academicians were interviewed. As a result of the study, it has been understood that the career process of the faculty members have been affected by many factors such as personal or environmental factors positively or negatively, faculty members have many anxiety during the scientific research and academic performance evaluation criteria which will be used to evaluate the properties of qualified academics should be qualitative base instead of quantitatively.