Precarity, gender and care in the neoliberal academy

Gender Work and Organization, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 26(4), P. 448 - 462

Published: Feb. 11, 2019

This article examines the rise in precarious academic employment Ireland as an outcome of higher education restructuring following OECD (Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development), government initiatives post‐crisis austerity. Presenting narratives women at different career stages, we claim that a focus on care sheds new light debate precarity. A more complete understanding precarity should take account not only contractual security but also affective relational lives employees. The intersectionality paid work was dominant theme our interviews among women. In globalized market, premised care‐free masculinized ideals competitive performance, 24/7 geographical mobility, who opt out these norms, suffer labour‐led are over‐represented part‐time fixed‐term positions. Women comply with organizational commands need to peripheralize their experience care‐led

Language: Английский

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The UK higher education senior management survey: a statactivist response to managerialist governance

Studies in Higher Education, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 46(11), P. 2134 - 2151

Published: Jan. 14, 2020

In this paper, we present results from an extensive survey of United Kingdom (UK) university academics investigating satisfaction with senior managers and governance: the Senior Management Survey (SMS). total, 5888 academic staff across Higher Education (HE) sector completed survey, were used to construct a league table management. This is stark indictment current state UK HE sector, showing mean score 10.54%. The SMS also collected qualitative data, extend table's insights using these data. Thematic analysis revealed seven major themes: dominance brutality metrics; excessive workload; governance accountability; perpetual change; vanity projects; silenced academic; work mental health. We conclude discussion how statactivist research can be bring about change in management HE.

Language: Английский

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Work–life interferences in the early stages of academic careers: The case of precarious researchers in Italy

European Educational Research Journal, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 16(2-3), P. 332 - 351

Published: May 1, 2017

This paper addresses the topic of work–life interferences in academic contexts. More specifically, it focuses on early career researchers Italian university system. The total availability required from those who work research sector is leading to significant transformations temporalities work, especially among new generation researchers, whose condition characterized by a higher degree instability and uncertainty. Which are experiences an context constituted growing competition for permanent positions and, as consequence, greatly increased pressure? main gender differences? In what elements do Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics disciplines differ Social Sciences Humanities? collected narratives reveal how ongoing process precarization affecting both everyday working activities private family lives with important consequences also their future prospects.

Language: Английский

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The marketisation of the English higher education sector and its impact on academic staff and the nature of their work

International journal of organizational analysis, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 26(1), P. 129 - 152

Published: Feb. 1, 2018

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the impact marketisation English HE sector on academic staff and nature their professional work felt same degree in different universities. was conducted between November 2015 April 2017. Design/methodology/approach Using interpretivist paradigm, a qualitative, inductive approach adopted. In total, 12 semi-structured interviews 60-90 min each were with academics six university types (ancient, old new civics, plate-glass, technological post-1992). Participants who identified by non-probability sampling included professors, principal, senior lecturers associate lecturers. Findings Six key themes emerged regarding work: efficiency quantity over effectiveness; autocratic, managerialist ideology democracy debate; instrumentalism intellectualism; de-professionalisation fragmentation academy; increased incidence performativity, bullying workplace aggression; intensification. ancient least impacted terms work. Next are civic universities, followed technological, plate-glass most (and work) post-1992 Research limitations/implications There relatively small number study; therefore, it difficult categorically correlate an biography opinion context type. More male than female participants interviewed. International not interviewed, could bring varying perspective narrative found study. A mixed further research would aid objective. Some questioning pilot as focused any primary have be. Originality/value area study, which practical implications, add originality value be how good practice “employee engagement” might pave way forward. This has potential benefit directly institution, win–win solution for all stakeholders.

Language: Английский

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‘Upon the gears and upon the wheels’: Terror convergence and total administration in the neoliberal university

Management Learning, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 51(4), P. 431 - 451

Published: June 30, 2020

University governance is becoming increasingly autocratic as marketization intensifies. Far from the classical ideal of a professional collegium run according to academic norms, today’s universities feature corporate cultures and senior leadership teams disconnected both staff students, intolerant dissenting views. This not completely new phenomenon. In 1960s America, leaders developed technocratic managerialist model university, in keeping with theories around ‘convergence’ socio-economic systems towards pluralist ‘industrial society’. administrative-managerial vision was opposed by radical triggering punitive responses that reflected how universities’ control measures were at time mostly aimed students. Today, their primary target academics. Informed Critical Theory based on an autoethnographic account university restructuring programme, we argue direction convergence has been liberal, pluralist, democracy but neo-Stalinist organizing principles. Performance measurements – ‘targets terror’ are powerful mechanisms for expansion managerial power or, Marcuse’s words, ‘total administration’. Total administration contemporary damages teaching, learning, workplace freedom speech campus, suggesting critique autocracy students scholars remains highly relevant.

Language: Английский

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Between a rock and a hard place: dilemmas regarding the purpose of public universities in South Africa

Higher Education, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 77(4), P. 567 - 583

Published: June 20, 2018

This paper examines the idea of 'core business' in contemporary South African public universities. Africa's higher education system has global ambitions, but is also highly internally stratified. Drawing on new data from interviews with leaders and government policymakers across a number institutions, we show that while rhetoric university been adopted by leaders, question what constitutes purpose university, Africa arguably beyond, subject to ongoing debate negotiation. The multiplicity conflicting coexisting narratives about universities should do society—producing excellent research, preparing labour force, or addressing societal inequalities—exposes persisting tension surrounding university. And this historical origins, responses these various roles institution are not developed organically neutral context. They emerge under conflicts over limited state funding attendant opportune market pressure put times crisis, shape profoundly their framing outcomes, future

Language: Английский

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“To Own, or not to Own?” A multilevel analysis of intellectual property right policies' on academic entrepreneurship

Research Policy, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 46(8), P. 1479 - 1489

Published: July 22, 2017

Language: Английский

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Perpetuating academic capitalism and maintaining gender orders through career practices in STEM in universities

Critical Studies in Education, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 60(2), P. 205 - 225

Published: Oct. 6, 2016

Academic capitalism is an outcome of the interplay between neoliberalism, globalisation, markets and universities. Universities have embraced commercialisation knowledge, technology transfer research funding as well introducing performance audit practices. has become internalised a regulatory mechanism by academics who attempt to accumulate academic capital. are traditionally gendered organisations, reflecting societal gender order. Despite fears regarding feminisation academy, embrace contributing its re-masculinisation exercises incidental effect. Practicing means which order constituted at work. Three practices in engage examined exemplars way increase their capital stock Science, Technology, Engineering Maths (STEM) faculties four European universities, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland Turkey. These tend be more achievable likely engaged men, thus, career through effect achieved, perpetuated maintained STEM academia.

Language: Английский

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‘The COVID-19 crisis is not the core problem’: experiences, challenges, and concerns of Irish academia during the pandemic

Irish Educational Studies, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 40(2), P. 169 - 175

Published: April 3, 2021

This article, drawing on data from an international survey – distributed in the summer of 2020 explores experiences and concerns academic staff (n = 167) working universities Ireland their perceptions institutions' early response to pandemic. Concerns related transitioning remote online working, impact research productivity culture, work intensification, as intersected by enhanced managerialism, are ubiquitous accounts. As some respondents wrote potential positive changes, particularly delivery teaching, we conclude suggesting avenues for building successes coping with pandemic recommendations mitigating harms.

Language: Английский

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Putting the university to work: The subsumption of academic labour in UK's shift to digital higher education

New Technology Work and Employment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 37(3), P. 381 - 397

Published: March 21, 2022

Abstract This paper considers how the formal and real subsumption of academic labour in UK higher education are exposed exacerbated by move towards online teaching, assessment communication. These processes have been expedited COVID‐19 pandemic outbreak attention is drawn to technology‐driven organisational operational innovations that transforming divisions processes. changes, particularly relation separation research deprofessionalisation, modularisation, outsourcing latter, focus paper. We argue knowledge production (research) through commercialisation dovetails with a socially reproductive work (teaching) undergoing qualitative transformation an increasingly marketised sector. show digitalisation actively contributes growing standardisation flexibilisation work, deepens long‐standing gendered labour, dissolves even further blurred work/life boundaries for precariously employed workers. new hallmarks contemporary present challenges workers their collective organisations Higher Education.

Language: Английский

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