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Does workload and institutional pressure on accounting educators affect academia at Australian universities?
Author(s) -
Steenkamp Natasja,
Roberts Roslyn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-629X
pISSN - 0810-5391
DOI - 10.1111/acfi.12340
Subject(s) - workload , managerialism , accounting , affect (linguistics) , higher education , public relations , perception , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , management accounting , sustainability , business , political science , sociology , psychology , management , economics , mechanical engineering , ecology , philosophy , communication , epistemology , neuroscience , law , biology , engineering
This paper examines accounting academics’ perceptions as to whether institutional pressure has increased in the previous 5–10 years subsequent to changes in the higher education environment, encouraging universities to adopt private sector managerialism. Results from 87 respondents indicated that workload pressures have increased and they experienced pressure to perform acts related to a student‐as‐customer model, which have negatively affected their well‐being and work quality. The majority are not actively seeking to leave academia, but believe it is not a good time for others to aspire to such a career. This paper contributes to the debate about the sustainability of accounting academia at Australian universities.