Burnt out by underinvestment: Why university professional staff suffer amidst the Australian work-integrated learning system

Wheeldon, AL; Whitty, SJ; VanDerHoorn, B

Burnt out by underinvestment: Why university professional staff suffer amidst the Australian work-integrated learning system

Wheeldon, AL Whitty, SJ VanDerHoorn, B

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Citation:: International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2023, 24, (1), pp. 99-115
Issue Date:: 2023-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wheeldon, AL
dc.contributor.author	Whitty, SJ
dc.contributor.author	VanDerHoorn, B
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-28T21:38:05Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-28T21:38:05Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2023, 24, (1), pp. 99-115
dc.identifier.issn	2538-1032
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/178429
dc.description.abstract	Work Integrated Learning WIL is perceived as important by universities and industry for equipping students with employability skills This study contributes to the literature by using a methodological approach that visualises the sustained underinvestment in WIL by both universities and industry which leaves professional staff who administer WIL placements with the burden of maintaining and stabilising the WIL system Consequently WIL administrators feel burnt out Through a systems thinking methodology extant literature is combined with empirical data collected from WIL administrative staff across multiple disciplines at 12 Australian universities Influence diagramming visualises how WIL administrators are positioned in a burnout loop within a Growth and Underinvestment systems dynamic archetype As such no matter how hard WIL administrators strive to deliver quality WIL experiences their efforts are systemically undermined by an underinvestment in job resources insufficient industry placement opportunities unproductive relationships with colleagues and poor student preparedness for WIL 2023 International Journal of Work Integrated Learning All rights reserved
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dc.title	Burnt out by underinvestment: Why university professional staff suffer amidst the Australian work-integrated learning system
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Work Integrated Learning WIL is perceived as important by universities and industry for equipping students with employability skills This study contributes to the literature by using a methodological approach that visualises the sustained underinvestment in WIL by both universities and industry which leaves professional staff who administer WIL placements with the burden of maintaining and stabilising the WIL system Consequently WIL administrators feel burnt out Through a systems thinking methodology extant literature is combined with empirical data collected from WIL administrative staff across multiple disciplines at 12 Australian universities Influence diagramming visualises how WIL administrators are positioned in a burnout loop within a Growth and Underinvestment systems dynamic archetype As such no matter how hard WIL administrators strive to deliver quality WIL experiences their efforts are systemically undermined by an underinvestment in job resources insufficient industry placement opportunities unproductive relationships with colleagues and poor student preparedness for WIL 2023 International Journal of Work Integrated Learning All rights reserved

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