"I am a single mum. I don't feel like I can be as competitive as other people": Experiences of precariously employed staff at UK universities

Citation

Allmer T (2018) "I am a single mum. I don't feel like I can be as competitive as other people": Experiences of precariously employed staff at UK universities. Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 12 (1), pp. 62-77. https://doi.org/10.13169/workorgalaboglob.12.1.0062

Abstract
Universities play a central role in informational capitalism. However, higher education institutions have undergone economic, political and cultural transformations leading to competition, market orientation and new management forms. These changes have effects on many levels, including the working conditions and practices of individuals involved in the information gaining process. This article aims to find out how the existing working conditions and practices at universities form meanings, identities and experiences of individuals by focusing on precariously employed academics. I address this question based on a theoretical analysis and qualitative interviews with casualised academic staff.

Keywords
Academic Labour; Universities; Information Work; Precarious Work; Casualisation; Informational Capitalism

Journal
Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation: Volume 12, Issue 1