Kızıldağ, Ayşe2025-04-172025-04-172025979-836938504-3, 979-836938502-9https://dx.doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-8502-9.ch002https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/13072This chapter delves into an early career researcher's (ECR) academic knowledge sharing pattern with reference to the barriers and overcoming strategies. Designed as a merged narrative inquiry with a case study methodology, the study used the data collected through narratives during a series of interviews from an ECR (Angie) working in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). She has recently completed her PhD studies and has been working as a researcher for the last seven years at a public university in Turkey during data collection. Qualitative data were analyzed using narrative analysis. A variety of strategies for academic knowledge production and sharing were actively enacted throughout her career. The findings reveal critical insights into three main categories of barriers: the personal, professional, and institutional factors influencing knowledge sharing, including time constraints, competitive work environments, and unclear institutional policies.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessNarrativesEFLBook234310.4018/979-8-3693-8502-9.ch0022-s2.0-105000125532