Workplace influences on Chinese TEFL academics’ development as researchers: a study of two Chinese higher education institutions

Abstract

Workplace influences on Chinese Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) academics’ development as researchers were examined in two Chinese higher education institutions in this qualitative collective case study. Data sources included research documentation and interviews with 12 Chinese TEFL academics. Both institutions were keen on research capacity building, but they accorded different attention to TEFL academics’ research.

Keywords:

• TEFL academics
• workplace influences
• academics’ development as researchers
• higher education
• research capacity building
• collective case study