The gig economy comes to academia: Job satisfaction among adjunct faculty

Nelson, Gesemia; Monson, Melissa J.; Adibifar, Karam

doi:10.1080/2331186x.2020.1786338

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“… Ismayilova and Klassen (2019) also underscore the role of job satisfaction in enhancing research motivation and organizational commitment among faculty members. The researcher attributes this outcome to the fact that job satisfaction, characterized by engaging in enjoyable work and receiving recognition, directly influences a faculty member’s sense of achievement and success ( Nelson et al, 2020 ). This interpretation aligns with the return on equity theory, as proposed by Beuren et al (2022) , suggesting that job satisfaction hinges on the perceived return and advancement from one’s work.…”

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Nurturing the scientific mind: resilience and job satisfaction among Saudi faculty

Asfahani

2024

Front. Psychol.

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This study examines the interplay between psychological resilience, job satisfaction and research motivation among teachers at Saudi Arabian universities. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between satisfaction and academic performance and well-being. The data is based on a survey of 321 faculty members, and descriptive statistics and correlations are used. The research instruments included a self-developed scale to measure these constructs, and data analysis was conducted using SPSS software. The findings revealed moderate job satisfaction levels, with a significant correlation between resilience and both job satisfaction and research motivation. Resilience was identified as a key predictor of job satisfaction, especially among professors compared to lecturers. Uniquely focused on the Saudi academic context, this study offers insights into culturally specific factors affecting academic faculty, underscoring the importance of enhancing resilience and satisfaction within academic settings. These implications align with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals, suggesting targeted strategies to improve faculty well-being and performance.

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Nurturing the scientific mind: resilience and job satisfaction among Saudi faculty

Asfahani

2024

Front. Psychol.

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“…The problem with part-time professors is that teaching and research requirements are exactly the same while having to hold a second job. In fact, Nelson et al. (2020) have asserted that academia has become part of the gig economy since “over the past 40 years, academic institutions have used contingent faculty at increasingly higher rates” (p. 4).…”

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Faculty's subjective well-being: insights from a Mexican business school

Segarra

Villanueva

Martínez

2022

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PurposeIn this article, the authors aim to achieve a deeper understanding of the aspects that influence academic faculty's subjective well-being (SWB). For this purpose, the authors focus on scholars who work in a business school that not only is located in Latin America, but is in a transition process, changing from being solely a teaching-oriented to a research-oriented model due to Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation purposes.Design/methodology/approachTwenty in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with professors at a private business school in Mexico. The interviews took place between November 2018 and late 2020.FindingsScholars of business schools who are transitioning from being teaching-oriented to becoming research-oriented in order to comply with AACSB requirements face heightened institutional pressures that can generate negative effects on professors' SWB; especially on three dimensions: health, a sense of lack of self-efficacy and apprehension due to the lack of resources.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper studied a particular context; however, even when the findings of this article are relevant, they cannot be generalized, as each context will have its own peculiarities.Originality/valueMore attention needs to be given to scholars' SWB, particularly of those working in business schools located in the Global South. This is especially relevant since faculty members of business schools in emerging economies are aiming to compete in the international arena; therefore, they face heightened institutional pressures since they need to be more academically productive without neglecting teaching and administrative tasks and despite having less access to resources than their counterparts working in business schools in developed economies. The authors believe that hearing researchers' stories about their concerns and desires can raise awareness and lead to better work conditions.

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“…The ones with the highest coverage value from all the different _hemes are included in the analysis, and thus a multidimensional holistic perspective is tried to be put forward. Nelson et al (2020), which has the highest coverage rate in the #0 theme, examines the relationship between the concept of the gig economy in educational sciences and adaptation to working life. It has been stated that the effect of the status of adjunct faculty members working indefinitely in college and higher education in the USA on job satisfaction is similar to that of assistant faculty members and permanent faculty members.…”

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Multidimensional Scientometric Analysis for the Gig Economy

GÜRSOY¹

2023

Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi

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The phenomenon of globalization, which gained momentum after the 1980s, became widespread in all parts of the society and research of working life has become a normal situation. The phenomenon of globalization has been included in the socio-economic structure of the society through internet networks. It is considered necessary for individuals to turn into an online business structure that emerges through digital platforms in order to continue their lives, to maintain welfare and peace. Thus, an increase in the trends of research on the structure of working life in terms of social sustainability in the changing world order has been observed. The aim of the study is to obtain a holistic perspective in the multidimensional areas of the Gig economy, which is the counterpart of the online working platform. For this purpose, all data (820/732) obtained from the Web of Science database specific to the gig economy were included in the research. Multiple data were analyzed using the CiteSpace application. Trends in the Gig economy within the framework of social network theory, analysis in the context of the country, author analysis, cluster analysis and representative document analysis are presented. In this context, it is important to be able to make scientometric analyzes within the scope of the literature on the gig economy in order to obtain systematic findings for future research on the current labor market. With the research, literature trends, country analyzes and relationship networks, author productivity and the interpretative equivalent of keywords in the literature are revealed. According to the analysis findings; For the gig economy phenomenon, researches have been carried out in different fields in the socio-economic structure, and it can be stated that the studies may increase cumulatively in the future in terms of its social importance and prevalence.

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The gig economy comes to academia: Job satisfaction among adjunct faculty

Cited by 19 publications

References 54 publications

Nurturing the scientific mind: resilience and job satisfaction among Saudi faculty

Nurturing the scientific mind: resilience and job satisfaction among Saudi faculty

Faculty's subjective well-being: insights from a Mexican business school

Multidimensional Scientometric Analysis for the Gig Economy

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