The Horizontal and Vertical Fragmentation of Academic Work and the Challenge for Academic Governance and Leadership

Autor/in	Jones, Glen A.
Titel	The Horizontal and Vertical Fragmentation of Academic Work and the Challenge for Academic Governance and Leadership
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 14 (2013) 1, S.75-83 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-013-9251-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Governance; Leadership; Vertical Organization; College Faculty; Job Satisfaction; Work Environment; Tenure; Part Time Faculty; Unions; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Führung; Führungsposition; Fakultät; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Arbeitsmilieu; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Kanada
Abstract	Academic work has become increasingly fragmented. The horizontal fragmentation of the profession into disciplinary tribes has been accompanied by the increasing participation of student affairs and educational development professionals located outside the academic units but are actively engaged in academic work, such as supporting teaching and student learning. An increasing vertical fragmentation of academic work has recently occurred within academic units with the increasing employment of contract university teachers and research assistants. In Canada, horizontal and vertical fragmentations have occurred while universities and strong faculty unions have protected the "traditional" tenure-stream professoriate. Drawing on recent research, the author argues that these Canadian full-time faculties have high levels of job satisfaction and are well-remunerated, productive scholars. Maintaining the status and the supportive working conditions of the full-time, tenure-stream professoriate has largely been accomplished through labor cost efficiencies created by the increasing use of part-time, contractual university teachers, now frequently represented by labor unions that are distinct from their full-time peers. This article discusses the challenges for academic governance and leadership associated with this increasing fragmentation of academic work in the context of the "global" university. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10