{"id":48696,"date":"2019-07-17T18:01:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T01:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=48696"},"modified":"2021-12-09T21:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:07:58","slug":"dependent-and-vulnerable-the-experiences-of-academics-on-casual-and-insecure-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/dependent-and-vulnerable-the-experiences-of-academics-on-casual-and-insecure-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dependent and vulnerable: the experiences of academics on casual and insecure contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/contract-roll-paper.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/contract-roll-paper.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/contract-roll-paper-250x167.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\nA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/starvation-wages-majority-of-victorian-university-workers-in-casual-teaching-trap-20190501-p51j1y.html?_ga=2.212777556.1730763659.1563165940-1590352956.1491349426\">majority<\/a>\u00a0of academic staff at some of Australia\u2019s top universities work in casual or fixed-term positions. This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ1017621.pdf\">reflects a trend<\/a>\u00a0towards casualisation in academia, and other industries, in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/casual-academics-arent-going-anywhere-so-what-can-universities-do-to-ensure-learning-isnt-affected-113567\">Australia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.union.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NZCTU-Submission-on-New-Models-of-Tertiary-Education-2016-.pdf\">New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed-term employment is also a form of precarious employment. This is usually when the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0009\/2564262\/2016-contingent-academic-employment-in-australian-universities-updatedapr16.pdf\">university employs<\/a>\u00a0research staff working on externally funded projects only for the extent of the project. So, in effect, the research funds the academic\u2019s employment (from a research grant) while enhancing the reputation of the university.<\/p>\n<p>Precarious employment particularly affects young academics. In some Australian universities, more than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/education\/casualisation-of-university-workforce-is-a-national-disgrace-20180803-p4zvcm.html\">80% of staff under the age of 30<\/a>\u00a0are insecurely employed. This insecurity significantly restrains their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/house-children-pets-on-hold-as-universities-exploit-staff-20190521-p51pk1.html\">lifestyle options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For my PhD, submitted in 2017,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/monash.figshare.com\/articles\/Being_becoming_an_academic_Spatio-temporal_experiences_of_precarious_employment_and_wellbeing\/4796608\">I explored the experiences<\/a>\u00a0and well-being of young academics in precarious work. I interviewed ten young academics employed at Monash University in Melbourne on three occasions over a year.<\/p>\n<p>Participants had been employed by Monash for between five weeks and six years at the time of the first interview (the average was two years). The average age of participants was 27.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My book, the Ouija Board Jurors, can be ordered at bookstores (it takes 24 hours, even in Australia, where it is printed locally) or through <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watersidepress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@watersidepress<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EsXvVBDbdX\">https:\/\/t.co\/EsXvVBDbdX<\/a>) or through Amazon, where it is also available as an ebook for $A11.99 (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UMwNK4uAh1\">https:\/\/t.co\/UMwNK4uAh1<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Gans (@jeremy_gans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremy_gans\/status\/1014024715952742400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>My research found participants on casual contracts felt vulnerable and of lower status than \u201cpermanent\u201d staff members. They sometimes minimised instances of exploitation as part of an authentic academic experience.<\/p>\n<h4>You\u2019re on your own<\/h4>\n<p>Formal induction programs, professional mentoring or performance review processes were often reserved for \u201cpermanent\u201d staff. Academics in precarious employment made sense of what it means to be an academic, as well as gained knowledge about workplace norms and expectations, informally.<\/p>\n<p>Participants said they gleaned information from chats with colleagues and supervisors, listening to presentations, reading emails, seeing media coverage of academic employment issues, as well as observing normative social practices in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Positioned as early career researchers (ECRs), participants often sought solace from others like them. One ECR told me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>[\u2026] talking to my friends and people in the ECR group, it is that communal moaning kind of thing, which is cathartic and helpful in that respect. But it is not going anywhere, we are all complaining about the same things we face, we just complain about it because we have got to tell it to someone who can understand [\u2026]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tenured academics may be sympathetic to their precarious position but, according to the stories I heard, they weren\u2019t necessarily helpful.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My book manuscript (working title) &#8216;Of Dominance and Diversity: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Media?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Media<\/a> Perceptions of Religious Changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Australia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Australia<\/a> is nearly ready for submission to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Routledge_Socio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Routledge_Socio<\/a>. Now for the ride ahead! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/religion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#religion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/acrwri?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#acrwri<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ecrchat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ecrchat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enqi Weng (@EnqiWeng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnqiWeng\/status\/1126284900116492289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Will* described when tenured staff members would compare their position to his in a way that highlighted his situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Well\u00a0<strong>my<\/strong>\u00a0position\u2019s secure and thank goodness\u00a0<strong>I\u2019m<\/strong>\u00a0not on a fixed-term contract because that\u2019d worry\u00a0<strong>me<\/strong>\u00a0[\u2026]\u00a0<strong>you\u2019re<\/strong>\u00a0new so\u00a0<strong>you<\/strong> have to get good evaluations because <strong>your<\/strong>\u00a0probation is in a year and a half and\u00a0<strong>you<\/strong>\u00a0need to achieve that to be able to stay here.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Will found this type of interaction distressing as the communication style distanced himself (an insecure worker) from others (tenured workers).<\/p>\n<p>Research participants were constantly reminded they did not have the status or privileges of permanent employment.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Logan described how, despite having his PhD and being employed full-time by the university, he still spent most of his time \u201changing out with the PhD students\u201d because his desk was positioned in an open-plan space with them.<\/p>\n<h4>Defending exploitation<\/h4>\n<p>There was a sense among participants of constantly trying to impress their supervisors. This came from knowing their future employment depended on the approval of the university and people in it.<\/p>\n<p>Participants had a somewhat defensive attitude towards their exploitation. For instance, Mike said he worked on average an extra one unpaid day per week, which caused him stress and pressure. But, straight after saying this, he added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I don\u2019t feel like the organisation is a demanding environment. Like I don\u2019t know what would happen if I did start working less [\u2026]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mike also minimised the issues associated with feeling insecure and working unpaid hours by saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>[\u2026] there are a couple of funny things about how they (the university) handle contracts and staff and stuff.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mike\u2019s comment painted questionable employment practices, and working without pay, as part of the authentic academic experience.<\/p>\n<p>It was difficult for many of the participants to be critical of their working context and the people in it, even if they were working unpaid hours. This was because, as Jasmine said, \u201cI can\u2019t escape work because that is my entire world, basically.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Women do not earn less than men. Women are paid less than men. The reason is sexism. Stop asking<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ingrid M (@iMusing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iMusing\/status\/904625037134540801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although casual academics are on temporary contracts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/07294360.2018.1545749\">some have been working for universities longer<\/a>\u00a0than their colleagues on continuing contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Max told me he felt emotionally attached to the university:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I have just been here a long time. I studied here, I lived on campus here for two years, I was involved in a lot of student things when I was a student. I have seen the campus physically change a lot [\u2026] I can definitely see how much I have changed since I got to Monash. So it feels like I am a part of Monash or Monash is a part of me [\u2026]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Others felt more pragmatically tied to the institution, noting it was arduous changing employment. Ruby said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>If I went to another institution I have to learn it (the systems and policies) all over again.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Constantly anxious<\/h4>\n<p>My research found the insecure nature of the participants\u2019 work interfered with their sense of identity, personal security, feelings of trust and self-confidence. Such feelings, which come from a constant state of flux, are encompassed in a term coined by British sociologist Anthony Giddens in 1991: \u201contological security\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In his book exploring the effects of modernity on social psychology, he referred to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/voidnetwork.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Consequences-of-Modernity-by-Anthony-Giddens.pdf\">ontological security as<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>the confidence that most human beings have in the continuity of their self-identity and in the constancy of the surrounding social and material environments of action.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ontological security is linked to identity as it refers to feelings of security, trust, sense of familiarity, and the reliability of interactions across time and space.<\/p>\n<p>The participants in my research had a threatened sense of well-being. As precarious workers, they felt vulnerable, dependent and of a lower status. Feeling continually at risk of being excluded from the university made them anxious and caused high levels of stress.<\/p>\n<p>Will mentioned the word \u201cprobation\u201d 25 times during his first interview. And Mike said the university could \u201cget rid of people\u201d by simply not offering them another contract.<\/p>\n<p>But the participants also felt their precarious employment could help increase their sense of identity because it could lead to more (possibly permanent) employment.<\/p>\n<p>In many instances, participants wanted information on how to develop their careers, forge ongoing working relationships, contribute to the academic community and gain the respect of their colleagues and supervisors.<\/p>\n<p>Universities must consider the well-being of their workers, particularly those on precarious contracts, as well as the influence of tenured staff on their experience.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong> Kate Bone is a Lecturer at Massey University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0majority\u00a0of academic staff at some of Australia\u2019s top universities work in casual or fixed-term positions. 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