Quality of Working Life of Academics and Researchers in the UK: The Roles of Contract Type, Tenure and University Ranking

Autor/inn/en	Fontinha, Rita; Van Laar, Darren; Easton, Simon
Titel	Quality of Working Life of Academics and Researchers in the UK: The Roles of Contract Type, Tenure and University Ranking
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 43 (2018) 4, S.786-806 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2016.1203890
Schlagwörter	Quality of Working Life; Contracts; Tenure; Statistical Analysis; Teacher Surveys; Teacher Researchers; College Faculty; Goodness of Fit; Well Being; Family Work Relationship; Work Environment; Job Satisfaction; Sense of Community; Stress Variables; Models; Classification; Foreign Countries; Regression (Statistics); United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsqualität; Vertrag; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Statistische Analyse; Lehrerforschung; Fakultät; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Arbeitsmilieu; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Analogiemodell; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Ausland; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Großbritannien
Abstract	Quality of working life has been defined as the part of overall quality of life that is influenced by work. We developed a mediation model where home-work interface, job and career satisfaction, control at work, and working conditions are considered to be positively related to employee commitment and to the absence of stress at work. These two variables were ultimately related to general well-being. We considered possible differences between workers with different contract types (permanent vs. temporary), as well as the roles of tenure and average position of the University in the UK rankings. Quantitative survey data from 510 academics and researchers working in 8 British Universities were analysed via a multi-group analysis with structural equation modelling. Our model presented a good fit, and a bootstrapping analysis confirmed the significance of indirect effects. Significant differences were found between permanent and temporary workers and striking results were found regarding tenure. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01