Job Satisfaction around the Academic World

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bentley, Peter James. (Editor), Coates, Hamish. (Editor), Dobson, Ian R. (Editor), Goedegebuure, Leo. (Editor), Meek, V Lynn. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: The Changing Academy <U+0013> The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective ; 7
• Subjects: Education.; Education, Higher.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5434-8

Higher education systems have changed all over the world, but not all have changed in the same ways. Although system growth and so-called massification have been worldwide themes, there have been system-specific changes as well. It is these changes that have an important impact on academic work and...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Satisfaction Around the World?; Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure and V. Lynn Meek
• 2. Argentina: Academic Work at the Periphery <U+0013> Why Argentine Scholars Are Satisfied, Despite All; Mn̤ica Marquina and Gabriel Rebello
• 3. Australia: Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction Amongst Australian University Academics and Future Workforce Implications; Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure and V. Lynn Meek
• 4. Brazil: Job Satisfaction in a Diverse Institutional Environment; Elizabeth Balbachevsky and Simon Schwartzman
• 5. Canada: Canadian University Academics<U+0019> Perceptions of Job Satisfaction <U+0013> <U+001c>the future is not what is used to be ; Julian Weinrib, Glen A. Jones, Amy Scott Metcalfe, Donald Fisher, Yves Gingras, Kjell Rubenson and Iain Snee
• 6. Finland: Satisfaction Guaranteed! A Tale of Two Systems; Timo Aarrevaara and Ian R. Dobson
• 7. Germany: Determinants of Academic Job Satisfaction; Ester Ava Hh̲le and Ulrich Teichler
• 8. Japan: Factors Determining Academics<U+0019> Job Satisfaction From the Perspective of Role Diversification; Akira Arimoto and Tukasa Daizen
• 9. Malaysia: An Academic Career in Malaysia <U+0013> A Wonderful Life, or Satisfaction Not Guaranteed?; Norzaini Azman, Morshidi Sirat and Mohd Ali Samsudin
• 10. Portugal: Dimensions of Academic Job Satisfaction; Diana Dias, Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Rui Santiago, Teresa Carvalho and Sofia Sousa
• 11. South Africa: Job Satisfaction for a Besieged Profession; Charl Wolhuter
• 12. United Kingdom: Satisfaction in Stages <U+0013> the Academic Profession in the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth; William Locke and Alice Bennion
• 13. Conclusion: Academic Job Satisfaction from an International Comparative Perspective: Factors Associated with Satisfaction across 12 Countries; Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure and V. Lynn Meek
• Index.