Academic casualization in Australia: Class divisions in the university

Brown, T; Goodman, J; Yasukawa, K

Academic casualization in Australia: Class divisions in the university

Brown, T Goodman, J

Yasukawa, K

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Citation:: Journal of Industrial Relations, 2010, 52 (2), pp. 169 - 182
Issue Date:: 2010-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Brown, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Goodman, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3211-3416	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yasukawa, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4553-0289	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Industrial Relations, 2010, 52 (2), pp. 169 - 182	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-1856	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/15772
dc.description.abstract	Casualization of teaching has become a major issue in Australian universities. In 1990 casuals delivered about a tenth of all university teaching. By 2008 between a third and a half of university teaching was being delivered by casuals. Quantitative studies have assessed the scale of casualization; this qualitative study addresses the experience of casual academics. It documents a sharpening class divide among academics, which has become institutionally embedded. It reports on interviews with casual academics examining how the divide is experienced, and how it may be addressed. Academic casuals report underpayment and compromised quality; they experience persistent income insecurity; and they find themselves voiceless in the workplace. These experiences are interpreted as aspects of class subordination, and possibilities for addressing them are discussed. © Industrial Relations Society of Australia SAGE Publications Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0022185609359443	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.title	Academic casualization in Australia: Class divisions in the university	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Education
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - STEM Education Futures
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Abstract:

Casualization of teaching has become a major issue in Australian universities. In 1990 casuals delivered about a tenth of all university teaching. By 2008 between a third and a half of university teaching was being delivered by casuals. Quantitative studies have assessed the scale of casualization; this qualitative study addresses the experience of casual academics. It documents a sharpening class divide among academics, which has become institutionally embedded. It reports on interviews with casual academics examining how the divide is experienced, and how it may be addressed. Academic casuals report underpayment and compromised quality; they experience persistent income insecurity; and they find themselves voiceless in the workplace. These experiences are interpreted as aspects of class subordination, and possibilities for addressing them are discussed. © Industrial Relations Society of Australia SAGE Publications Ltd.

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