Views from the Front Line: Insights Into the Role and Commitment of casual Business Academics

Davis, D; Connor, RW; Perrott, B; Perry, LJ; Topple, SJ

Views from the Front Line: Insights Into the Role and Commitment of casual Business Academics

Davis, D Connor, RW Perrott, B Perry, LJ Topple, SJ

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Publisher:: Promaco Conventions
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 21st ANZAM 2007 Conference: Managing Our Intellectual and Social Capital, 2007, pp. 1 - 12
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Davis, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Connor, RW	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Perrott, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Perry, LJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Topple, SJ	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	NA	en_US
dc.date	2007-12-04	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 21st ANZAM 2007 Conference: Managing Our Intellectual and Social Capital, 2007, pp. 1 - 12	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1 86308 141 0	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7672
dc.description.abstract	Casual academic staff contribute significantly to the teaching load in many universities worldwide including Australia. However, their contribution and work needs are not always fully recognised. The aim of the research reported here was to investigate the role and support needs of casual academic teaching staff within a business faculty of an Australian metropolitan university. Data was collected through the conduct of three focus groups consisting of casual academics from the faculty and the administration of a questionnaire survey (N=106). The results showed that casual academic had a number of concerns most of which had been reported in the literature. Pay rates were generally considered not to have kept pace with workload, most casuals did not feel part of the faculty and some casuals found teaching classes with high proportions of overseas students challenging. Despite these and other concerns the general level of job satisfaction among survey respondents was high. It was clear that most enjoyed their teaching role. The relationship between casual academics their full-time academic subject coordinators was clearly very important. Satisfaction levels with coordinator support were generally high and perhaps the strength of these relationships is the glue that helps the casual teaching system to work reasonably smoothly.	en_US
dc.publisher	Promaco Conventions	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 21st ANZAM 2007 Conference: Managing Our Intellectual and Social Capital	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference	en_US
dc.title	Views from the Front Line: Insights Into the Role and Commitment of casual Business Academics	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Sydney, Australia	en_US
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dc.location.activity	Sydney, Australia	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Accounting Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Marketing Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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Abstract:

Casual academic staff contribute significantly to the teaching load in many universities worldwide including Australia. However, their contribution and work needs are not always fully recognised. The aim of the research reported here was to investigate the role and support needs of casual academic teaching staff within a business faculty of an Australian metropolitan university. Data was collected through the conduct of three focus groups consisting of casual academics from the faculty and the administration of a questionnaire survey (N=106). The results showed that casual academic had a number of concerns most of which had been reported in the literature. Pay rates were generally considered not to have kept pace with workload, most casuals did not feel part of the faculty and some casuals found teaching classes with high proportions of overseas students challenging. Despite these and other concerns the general level of job satisfaction among survey respondents was high. It was clear that most enjoyed their teaching role. The relationship between casual academics their full-time academic subject coordinators was clearly very important. Satisfaction levels with coordinator support were generally high and perhaps the strength of these relationships is the glue that helps the casual teaching system to work reasonably smoothly.

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