Academics job satisfaction and job stress across countries in the changing academic environments

This study examined job satisfaction and job stress across 19 higher education systems. We classified the 19 countries according to their job satisfaction and job stress and applied regression analysis to test whether new public management has impacts on either or both job satisfaction and job stres...

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Published in:Higher education 2014-05, Vol.67 (5), p.603-620
Main Authors: Shin, Jung Cheol, Jung, Jisun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic education
Academic freedom
Academic profession
Autonomy
Classification
College environment
College Faculty
College instruction
Colleges and universities
Comparative Analysis
Comparative Education
Comparative studies
Cross cultural studies
Education
Education systems
Educational administration
Educational aspects
Educational Change
Educational Environment
Educational research
Educational systems
Employment
Environment
Europe
Higher Education
Job Satisfaction
Job stress
Management
Markets
National Surveys
Occupational stress
Organizational Climate
Performance Based Assessment
Professional Autonomy
Psychological aspects
Public Administration
Public management
Quality of Working Life
Regression (Statistics)
Regression analysis
Reputation
Reputations
Statistical analysis
Stress
Stress Variables
Universities
Work environment
Working conditions
Workloads
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Summary:This study examined job satisfaction and job stress across 19 higher education systems. We classified the 19 countries according to their job satisfaction and job stress and applied regression analysis to test whether new public management has impacts on either or both job satisfaction and job stress. According to this study, strong market driven countries are in the high stress group and European countries are in the high satisfaction group. The classification implies that market oriented managerial reforms are the main source of academic stress while the high social reputation of academics in their society and academic autonomy are the source of job satisfaction. Our regression analysis also shows that the new public management which is measured by the performance-based management in this study is the main source of academic job stress. In addition, this study highlighted the higher education systems that are classified as the high satisfaction and high stress group. These countries represent the conflicting nature of current academic society—on the one hand they are satisfied, but on the other they are highly stressful.
ISSN:0018-1560
1573-174X
DOI:10.1007/s10734-013-9668-y