An investigation of sessional staff support, development, and psychosocial wellbeing in Australian universities

Title: An investigation of sessional staff support, development, and psychosocial wellbeing in Australian universities
Creator: McComb, Vivien; Eather, Narelle
Relation: Studies in Higher Education Vol. 49, Issue 7, p. 1290-1301
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2278680
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2024
Description: Sessional academic staff form most of the teaching staff cohort in Australian universities. The available literature supports that this important staff cohort often experience precarious and insecure work, restricted access to training, support and development, and limited opportunities for career progression (compared to their colleagues in on-going positions). This national embedded mixed methods study explored the perceptions of sessional academic staff regarding support, development, and psychosocial wellbeing in Australian Universities. To complement the semi-structured interviews, sessional staff completed an online questionnaire. Our findings highlight that due to negative sessional academic work conditions, sessional staff have poor career progression and psychosocial wellbeing outcomes in the long-term.
Subject: sessional academic; casual academic; academic development; professional development; wellbeing
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1509459
Identifier: uon:56239
Identifier: ISSN:0307-5079
Rights: x
Language: eng
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