‘As Disposable as the Next Tissue Out of the Box . . .’: Casual Teaching and Job Quality in New South Wales Public School Education

Bamberry, Larissa

doi:10.1177/0022185610390296

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“…This study indicates that job satisfaction for SS is predicated on having the right person for the job as well as adequate supports [ 43 ] for the academic role. In her study of casual teachers, Bamberry ([ 44 ] p. 49) claims ‘casual employment can erode the job quality of otherwise decent work within professional occupations’ yet this study does not demonstrate support for this claim. Further research could include use of these measures on full time staff as a group for comparison.…”

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Modelling job support, job fit, job role and job satisfaction for school of nursing sessional academic staff

Cowin

Moroney

2018

BMC Nurs

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BackgroundSessional academic staff are an important part of nursing education. Increases in casualisation of the academic workforce continue and satisfaction with the job role is an important bench mark for quality curricula delivery and influences recruitment and retention. This study examined relations between four job constructs - organisation fit, organisation support, staff role and job satisfaction for Sessional Academic Staff at a School of Nursing by creating two path analysis models.MethodsA cross-sectional correlational survey design was utilised. Participants who were currently working as sessional or casual teaching staff members were invited to complete an online anonymous survey. The data represents a convenience sample of Sessional Academic Staff in 2016 at a large school of Nursing and Midwifery in Australia. After psychometric evaluation of each of the job construct measures in this study we utilised Structural Equation Modelling to better understand the relations of the variables.ResultsThe measures used in this study were found to be both valid and reliable for this sample. Job support and job fit are positively linked to job satisfaction. Although the hypothesised model did not meet model fit standards, a new ‘nested’ model made substantive sense.ConclusionThis small study explored a new scale for measuring academic job role, and demonstrated how it promotes the constructs of job fit and job supports. All four job constructs are important in providing job satisfaction – an outcome that in turn supports staffing stability, retention, and motivation.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12912-018-0290-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Modelling job support, job fit, job role and job satisfaction for school of nursing sessional academic staff

Cowin

Moroney

2018

BMC Nurs

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“…Others have created an index of job quality such as the European Trade Union Institute's European Job Quality Index (Leschke et al, 2008) or have created a composite measure of job quality conceptualising a number of the above listed dimensions of jobs (Brisbois, 2003;Hannif et al, 2008;Hunter, 2000;Lowe 2007). Not surprisingly, job quality, if measured objectively, can vary sharply across or even within industry, region or occupation (Bamberry, 2011;Clark, 2005;Cooke, 2007). …”

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The nuanced nature of work quality: Evidence from rural Newfoundland and Ireland

2013

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This article explores the relationship between job and work quality and argues that while it is important to examine job quality, to understand workers' experiences fully, the focus should be on the broader concept of work quality which places the job against its wider socioeconomic context. Based on the experiences of 88 rural workers gathered via interviews in Newfoundland and Ireland, it appears that the same or similar jobs can be regarded very differently depending upon the context in which they are embedded, since people at different locations and/or stages of life have an individual set of aspirations, expectations, and life experiences. The study found that the factors that affect work quality are moulded by broader aspects of life -family, friends, community, lifestyle and past experiences-that shape an individual.

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“…(18,19) Australian studies have highlighted the importance of nonstandard workers' lack of control over their working time, along with perceptions of less power and respect at work. (20)(21)(22) …”

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Deliberately Casual? Workers' Agency, Health, and Nonstandard Employment Relations in Australia

Keuskamp

Mackenzie

Ziersch

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Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objective: We explored Australian workers' experiences of nonstandard employment, how it related to health and wellbeing, and the role that Bourdieu's forms of capital (cultural, economic and social resources) played in underpinning workers' agency. Methods:Qualitative data from semistructured interviews with 32 causal workers were analysed based on framework analysis. Results: Most participants were 'deliberate casuals' who had chosen casual over permanent employment, with half of that group naming improved health and wellbeing as motivation. Those with greater access to capital felt more able to exercise choice, whereas those with fewer capital resources felt constrained to be casual. Gendered structures and labour market dynamics were also significant in shaping agency. Conclusions:Access to capital and a buoyant labour market underpinned workers' agency in Australia, enabling some to gain health and wellbeing benefits from nonstandard employment.

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‘As Disposable as the Next Tissue Out of the Box . . .’: Casual Teaching and Job Quality in New South Wales Public School Education

Cited by 20 publications

References 8 publications

Modelling job support, job fit, job role and job satisfaction for school of nursing sessional academic staff

Modelling job support, job fit, job role and job satisfaction for school of nursing sessional academic staff

The nuanced nature of work quality: Evidence from rural Newfoundland and Ireland

Deliberately Casual? Workers' Agency, Health, and Nonstandard Employment Relations in Australia

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