TY - JOUR
T1 - University corporatisation
T2 - The effect on academic work-related attitudes
AU - Pop-Vasileva, Aleksandra
AU - Baird, Kevin
AU - Blair, Bill
PY - 2011/5/10
Y1 - 2011/5/10
N2 - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the workrelated attitudes (job satisfaction, job stress and the propensity to remain) of Australian academics and their association with organisational, institutional and demographic factors. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected by distributing a survey questionnaire to 750 academics, from 37 Australian universities. Findings – The results indicate a moderately low level of job satisfaction, moderately high level of job stress, and high propensity to remain. The findings reveal that the organisational factors (management style, perceived organisational support, and the characteristics of the performance management system) exhibited the most significant association with academic workrelated attitudes, with the only significant institutional factor, the declining ability of students, negatively impacting on job satisfaction and job stress. The findings revealed that workrelated attitudes differ, based on discipline, with science academics found to be more stressed and less satisfied than accounting academics. Different organisational and institutional factors were associated with the workrelated attitudes of academics from these two disciplines. Practical implications – The findings will make university management aware of the workrelated attitudes of staff, and the factors that are associated with such attitudes, thereby assisting management in developing management policies, and taking appropriate action to address the concerns of staff. Originality/value – The study provides an initial comparison of the workrelated attitudes (job satisfaction, job stress, and propensity to remain) of Australian academics across the accounting and science disciplines. The study also provides an important insight into the association between specific organisational and institutional factors, with the workrelated attitudes of Australian academics across both disciplines.
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the workrelated attitudes (job satisfaction, job stress and the propensity to remain) of Australian academics and their association with organisational, institutional and demographic factors. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected by distributing a survey questionnaire to 750 academics, from 37 Australian universities. Findings – The results indicate a moderately low level of job satisfaction, moderately high level of job stress, and high propensity to remain. The findings reveal that the organisational factors (management style, perceived organisational support, and the characteristics of the performance management system) exhibited the most significant association with academic workrelated attitudes, with the only significant institutional factor, the declining ability of students, negatively impacting on job satisfaction and job stress. The findings revealed that workrelated attitudes differ, based on discipline, with science academics found to be more stressed and less satisfied than accounting academics. Different organisational and institutional factors were associated with the workrelated attitudes of academics from these two disciplines. Practical implications – The findings will make university management aware of the workrelated attitudes of staff, and the factors that are associated with such attitudes, thereby assisting management in developing management policies, and taking appropriate action to address the concerns of staff. Originality/value – The study provides an initial comparison of the workrelated attitudes (job satisfaction, job stress, and propensity to remain) of Australian academics across the accounting and science disciplines. The study also provides an important insight into the association between specific organisational and institutional factors, with the workrelated attitudes of Australian academics across both disciplines.
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U2 - 10.1108/09513571111133045
DO - 10.1108/09513571111133045
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955942647
VL - 24
SP - 408
EP - 439
JO - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
JF - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
SN - 1758-4205
IS - 4
ER -