The purpose of this paper is to reflect on career aspirations and experiences explored with senior women organizational scholars employed in neoliberally driven public universities in Aotearoa (New Zealand) legally mandated to serve as a critic and conscience of society.,Over the 18 months period, three sequential research conversations were conducted with each of 12 participants known for their commitment to social justice and planetary well-being. The conversational approach allowed for spontaneous participant-lead development of ideas. Sequencing of conversations allowed for reflection on matters raised in previous conversations.,Vitality and creativity deemed essential to scholarly careers were reportedly under pressure. Career concepts in use indicate a protean commitment to self-direction but also recognized constraints of institutionally driven neoliberal output regimes. Detrimental impacts of neoliberal values permeating their employing institutions were offered spontaneously often in radical feminist terms but paradoxically given liberal feminist remedies.,The 12 diverse transcripts of participant conversations generated remarkable similarities that indicate the influence of career articulations on the social construction of reality. The implications of this interpretation invite further reflection on the consequences of normalization of career metaphors and their implication in the intensification of institutional control, the weakening of professional autonomy and the system preserving restriction of career-related responsibilities.,Highlighting constraints to creativity and vitality necessary for scholarly work can inform further research into professional influences on justice and environmental matters in and beyond the Academy.,In this paper a short review of Aotearoa (New Zealand) as in vanguard of neoliberal intensification globally, the implication of this doctrine in neoliberally driven universities and the impacts on career opportunities, degradations and responsibilities of scholars are explored.,The conversational research process contrasts with more tightly framed empirical research methods by generating spontaneous participant-led articulations of career-related dynamics explored and expanded over subsequent conversations.

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新自由主义大学对女性职业责任的思考

本文的目的是反思在18个月的时间里，与在新自由主义驱动的公立大学任职的高级女性组织学者一起探索的职业理想和经验（新西兰）与12位以对社会正义和地球福祉的承诺而著称的参与者进行了3次连续的研究对话。对话方法允许参与者自发地发展思想。对话的顺序可以反思以前对话中提出的问题。据报道，对学术职业至关重要的活力和创造力受到压力。使用的职业观念表明了对自我指导的坚定承诺，但也承认了制度驱动的新自由主义输出制度的制约。新自由主义价值观经常以激进的女权主义术语自发地提供给新自由主义价值观的有害影响，但自相矛盾地给予了自由主义的女权主义补救措施。参与者对话的12种不同的笔录产生了惊人的相似性，表明职业表达对现实社会结构的影响。这种解释的含义促使人们进一步思考职业隐喻正常化的后果，以及它们在加强制度控制，削弱专业自主权以及限制职业相关责任的制度方面的意义。