Academic Workload and Working Time: Retrospective Perceptions versus Time-Series Data

Autor/in	Kyvik, Svein
Titel	Academic Workload and Working Time: Retrospective Perceptions versus Time-Series Data
Quelle	In: Higher Education Quarterly, 67 (2013) 1, S.2-14 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-5224
DOI	10.1111/hequ.12001
Schlagwörter	Working Hours; Mail Surveys; College Faculty; Faculty Workload; Higher Education; Perception; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Australia; Norway; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hours of work; Arbeitszeit; Erhebungsinstrument; Fakultät; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Wahrnehmung; Ausland; Australien; Norwegen; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to examine the validity of perceptions by academic staff about their past and present workload and working hours. Retrospective assessments are compared with time-series data. The data are drawn from four mail surveys among academic staff in Norwegian universities undertaken in the period 1982-2008. The findings show that many academic staff retrospectively perceive that expectations of their work and task performance have increased and hence that they now work longer hours. In contrast, when time-series data are used to measure changes in time use (on an aggregate level) no empirical evidence is found in support of this claim; instead, a slight decline in the average number of weekly working hours can be observed. Two possible reasons for this disparity are discussed. First, that heavier workloads do not necessarily imply that academic staff work longer hours. Second, that younger generations of academic staff may report fewer work hours than previous counterparts. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10