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Cumming, Tamara – Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 2015
The purpose of this article is to explore the complex interrelations between educators' work environments and their experiences as an entryway for thinking differently about workforce stability and sustainability. Concepts of macro- and micropolitics (drawn from the work of Deleuze and Guattari) are used to explore one educator's experiences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Work Environment
Evans, Dave P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Higher education today is in the midst of massive transformation and the current landscape of change is unprecedented because of the sheer number of institution-molding forces that are at play and the pervasive impact these forces are having on reshaping the academy. These wide-ranging, seismic shifts have affected every aspect of faculty worklife…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Smith, Maria Jane – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012
This article reports on research initiated by the trade union for lecturers and researchers in the UK, the University and College Union (UCU), which examined the pressures, concerns and positive aspects of being a member of research staff at one UK university. The findings are presented from the premise that university researchers are caught…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Researchers, Foreign Countries, Educational Research
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De Witte, Hans; Vandoorne, Jan; Verlinden, Roel; De Cuyper, Nele – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: Aims to review the research literature and legislation on outplacement and re-employment interventions in Belgium and present results of qualitative research and case studies of companies, regarding interventions during organizational restructuring. Design/methodology/approach: Comprises a literature review, qualitative (semi-structured…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Employment, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Mahomed, F. E.; Naude, J. L. P. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
The aim of this study was to determine the occupational stressors and strains for support staff at a higher education institution in the North West Province, and to assess the differences between the stressors and strains of different biographical groups. A cross-sectional survey design (N = 315) was used. The ASSET and a biographical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Personnel, Stress Variables, Work Environment
Brown, Clair; And Others – 1991
An emerging U.S. employment system is the Security, Employee Involvement, and Training (SET) system. The system is characterized by the following: (1) a high degree of employment security based upon flexible job assignment; (2) employee involvement in problem solving and continuous improvement; and (3) continuous training of all employees. Case…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Dislocated Workers, Employer Employee Relationship