This paper addresses the topic of work–life interferences in academic contexts. More specifically, it focuses on early career researchers in the Italian university system. The total availability required from those who work in the research sector is leading to significant transformations of the temporalities of work, especially among the new generation of researchers, whose condition is characterized by a higher degree of instability and uncertainty. Which are the experiences of the early career researchers in an academic context constituted by a growing competition for permanent positions and, as a consequence, by a greatly increased pressure? Which are the main gender differences? In what elements do Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines differ from Social Sciences and Humanities? The collected narratives reveal how the ongoing process of precarization is affecting both the everyday working activities and the private and family lives of early career researchers, with important consequences also on their future prospects.
Work–life interferences in the early stages of academic careers: The case of precarious researchers in Italy / Bozzon, Rossella; Murgia, Annalisa; Poggio, Barbara; Rapetti, Elisa. - In: EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL. - ISSN 1474-9041. - ELETTRONICO. - 16:2-3(2017), pp. 332-351. [10.1177/1474904116669364]
Work–life interferences in the early stages of academic careers: The case of precarious researchers in Italy
Bozzon, Rossella;Murgia, Annalisa;Poggio, Barbara;Rapetti, Elisa
2017-01-01
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This paper addresses the topic of work–life interferences in academic contexts. More specifically, it focuses on early career researchers in the Italian university system. The total availability required from those who work in the research sector is leading to significant transformations of the temporalities of work, especially among the new generation of researchers, whose condition is characterized by a higher degree of instability and uncertainty. Which are the experiences of the early career researchers in an academic context constituted by a growing competition for permanent positions and, as a consequence, by a greatly increased pressure? Which are the main gender differences? In what elements do Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines differ from Social Sciences and Humanities? The collected narratives reveal how the ongoing process of precarization is affecting both the everyday working activities and the private and family lives of early career researchers, with important consequences also on their future prospects.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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