‘Not one of the family’: Gender and precarious work in the neoliberal university

O’Keefe, Theresa; Courtois, Aline

doi:10.1111/gwao.12346

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“…We believe that in the list above, the last circumstance has the greatest negative impact on changes in the qualitative and quantitative composition of teachers in Russian universities. We find indirect confirmation of the stated hypothesis in the increased number of studies on the precarity of employment of university lectures, both in the world (for example, [2,3]) and in the Russian (for example, [4,5]) scientific space.…”

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Qualitative characteristics of lectures employment in the Russian universities in conditions of precarity

Lobova¹,

Bogoviz²

2019

Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Development of Cross-Border Regions: Economic, Social and Security C

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The transformation of the system of social and labor relations in the country's vocational education has several negative consequences, which include the following: significant changes in the content and scope of administrative and documentary work of scientific and pedagogical workers, the widespread introduction of formalized requirements for their activities, curtailment of academic freedoms, university management on the principles and approaches of business, inadequate methods of valuation and accounting of labor, widespread transition to a short-term labor contract, relatively low wages, etc. All of the above are the signs of employment precarity. These signs are most clearly marked and visible in regional universities, thereby creating a threat to their sustainable development.

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confidence: 51%

Qualitative characteristics of lectures employment in the Russian universities in conditions of precarity

Lobova¹,

Bogoviz²

2019

Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Development of Cross-Border Regions: Economic, Social and Security C

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“…Consignment to casual employment results in a loss of pay and long‐term pension insecurity. Such women experienced what O’Keefe and Courtois () have called ‘second class citizenship’ in academia, undertaking teaching or administrative‐only contract labour that never brings professional recognition and renders them invisible to their professional field. In the case of Sarah, and women in her position, the situation has been the reverse.…”

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Precarity, gender and care in the neoliberal academy

Ivancheva

Lynch²,

Keating³

2019

Gender Work & Organization

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This article examines the rise in precarious academic employment in Ireland as an outcome of the higher education restructuring following OECD (Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development), government initiatives and post‐crisis austerity. Presenting the narratives of academic women at different career stages, we claim that a focus on care sheds new light on the debate on precarity. A more complete understanding of precarity should take account not only of the contractual security but also affective relational security in the lives of employees. The intersectionality of paid work and care work lives was a dominant theme in our interviews among academic women. In a globalized academic market, premised on the care‐free masculinized ideals of competitive performance, 24/7 work and geographical mobility, women who opt out of these norms, suffer labour‐led contractual precarity and are over‐represented in part‐time and fixed‐term positions. Women who comply with these organizational commands need to peripheralize their relational lives and experience care‐led affective precarity.

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“…With the exception of Kathleen Lynch's article, the issue of precarity is also not discussed. The extent and gendering of precarity in Irish higher education is unclear (Ivancheva, Lynch, and Keating 2019;O'Keefe and Courtois 2019). This seems to reflect variation in the definition of precarity: 19 per cent of the full-time equivalent academic staff (including hourly ones) are in non-full-time permanent positions: with women being more likely than men to be in these positions (24 per cent versus 15 per cent respectively: HEA 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%