Academic Work in Canada: The Perceptions of Early-Career Academics

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Glen; Weinrib, Julian; Metcalfe, Amy Scott; Fisher, Don; Rubenson, Kjell; Snee, Iain
Titel	Academic Work in Canada: The Perceptions of Early-Career Academics
Quelle	In: Higher Education Quarterly, 66 (2012) 2, S.189-206 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-5224
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-2273.2012.00515.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Compensation (Remuneration); Beginning Teachers; Experienced Teachers; Work Environment; Teacher Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Surveys; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fakultät; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Arbeitsmilieu; Lehrerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Kanada
Abstract	This paper analyses junior academic staff's (assistant professors) perceptions of academic work in a highly decentralised Canadian "system". Drawing on recent work by the authors on Canadian university tenure processes and remuneration, the paper compares the perceptions of assistant professor respondents with senior (associate full professor) peers to the Canadian component of the Changing Academic Professions (CAP) survey. The analysis suggests that junior academic staff perceive the academic workplace as reasonably positive and supportive. In addition to relatively high levels of satisfaction, institutional support and remuneration, the findings suggest that there are minimal substantive differences in levels of work and work patterns between junior and more senior academic staff, a finding at odds with the general literature and common sentiment, which suggests junior staff work longer hours. The differences that do emerge appear to be more modest and nuanced than is popularly characterised. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10