Made to Measure: Early Career Academics in the Canadian University Workplace

Autor/inn/en	Acker, Sandra; Webber, Michelle
Titel	Made to Measure: Early Career Academics in the Canadian University Workplace
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 36 (2017) 3, S.541-554 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2017.1288704
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Beginning Teachers; College Faculty; Teacher Evaluation; Teacher Attitudes; Accountability; Tenure; Neoliberalism; Educational Change; Resistance to Change; Semi Structured Interviews; Qualitative Research; Educational Strategies; Job Satisfaction; Educational Environment; School Culture; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Fakultät; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Lehrerverhalten; Verantwortung; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Bildungsreform; Qualitative Forschung; Lehrstrategie; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Kanada
Abstract	While Canada lacks explicit central directives towards research productivity, academics experience frequent and intense reviews of their research, teaching and service through mechanisms such as elaborate tenure and promotion procedures and annual performance reviews. Given that newer academics are sometimes thought to be especially susceptible to contemporary performativity pressures, this article considers seven early career academics (ECAs), interviewed as part of a larger qualitative study, and the nuances of their reactions to evaluative processes, especially the tenure review. On the whole, the ECAs create and deploy strategies to ensure that they meet ever-rising standards, because they love their work and believe they are "lucky" to be on track to secure a permanent position. They hope for more freedom in "life after tenure". However, all have trenchant criticisms of the corporatized university and the ways in which evaluation proceeds. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01