Academic Staff on Insecure Contracts and the Interplay of Gender in Australian Universities

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Author	Broadbent, Kaye Strachan, Glenda May, Robyn
Copyright Year	2017
Description	This chapter examines the structuring of the academic workforce in Australian universities into two tiers of staff—permanent and insecure. It examines the impact of insecure employment on two groups of academics—fixed-term research staff and casual academic teaching staff—and uncovers the gender story. The experience of insecure academic work reveals high levels of insecurity and poor conditions of employment, lack of resources and support, which are consistent with jobs in the secondary labour market. The interviews reveal that the majority of insecurely employed academics have had to accommodate to employment insecurity, with little prospect of career advancement, because there are other few options for them in universities. Both casual and fixed-term contract interviewees appeared to have reconciled themselves to the insecurity of contracts and the resulting impact on their work, private lives and futures, including their competitiveness in seeking permanent employment, an issue found in the UK. Book Name: Gender and the Professions
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Ending Page	54
Page Count	16
Starting Page	39
DOI	10.4324/9781315563954-3
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2017-08-15
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Gender and the Professions History and Philosophy of Science Academic Universities Structuring Insecure Contracts Casual Permanent
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter