The 'Work-Work Balance' in higher education. Between over-work, falling short and the pleasures of multiplicity.

Autor/in	Griffin, Gabriele
Titel	The 'Work-Work Balance' in higher education. Between over-work, falling short and the pleasures of multiplicity. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Work-Work-Balance in der Hochschulbildung : zwischen Überlastung, Unterforderung und dem Vergnügen der Vielfalt.
Quelle	In: Studies in higher education, 47 (2022) 11, S. 2190-2203Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079; 1470-174X
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2021.2020750
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Arbeitsbelastung; Rollenkonflikt; Arbeitsbelastung; Berufsrolle; Finnland; Forschung; Geisteswissenschaften; Hochschullehrer; Informatik; Norwegen; Stress; Studium; Wissenschaftler; Hochschule; Schweden; Arbeitsintensität; Hochschulbildung; Rollenkonflikt; Projektmethode; Projektmethode; Stress; Informatik; Arbeitsintensität; Berufsrolle; Hochschulbildung; Studium; Hochschullehrer; Geisteswissenschaften; Hochschule; Zeitverwendung; Wissenschaftler; Finnland; Norwegen; Schweden
Abstract	"The neoliberalization of higher education in western countries has led to work intensification, projectification, and work-life balance issues for academics. This article draws on interviews with Digital Humanities practitioners in higher education conducted in 2017-2018 in three Nordic countries to introduce the concept of the 'work-work balance', an under-researched phenomenon in contemporary academe. The term 'work-work balance' refers to the ways in which workers in higher education seek to balance conflicting concurrent work demands made on them. Four such work scenarios emerged from the data: the 50/50 split across different jobs; working across multiple projects simultaneously; occupying multiple functional roles; and conflicting demands within one job. The article argues that work-work balance, or rather imbalance, issues result in the inability of higher education workers to meet the demands put upon them. This raises questions regarding the role of HEIs and research funding regimes in the generation and maintenance of work-work balance scenarios and suggests that work-work balance issues need to be researched further as well as requiring urgent attention from HEIs and research funders." The study refers to the period 2017-2018. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1