Multiple employment issues at the "Babeş-Bolyai" University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania: A case study

This paper approaches the multiple employment issues in Romanian Higher Education with a special focus on "Babeş-Bolyai" University (BBU) in Cluj-Napoca. There are 119 higher education institutions in Romania and it is becoming increasingly common for the academic staff to have at least two to three paid teaching loads, while undertaking almost no relevant, internationally recognized, research. The paper analyses the environment in which BBU is acting; the dangers of decreasing the quality of teaching and research/services; possible types of desirable multiple employment and the measures taken to diminish the consequences of undesirable multiple employment.