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What do business school academics want? Reflections from the national survey on workplace climate and well-being: Australia and New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2018

Tse Leng Tham  and
Peter Holland
Tse Leng Tham*
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Peter Holland
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
*
Corresponding author: [email protected]
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Abstract

This research discusses the findings from a study undertaken for an exploration of the critical issues around the working conditions, workplace climate, and well-being of business school (predominantly management) academics in Australia and New Zealand. With an ageing workforce, and almost half of the Australian and New Zealand workforce intending to retire, move overseas, or leave the sector within this decade, amidst rising demand in the tertiary education sector, the effective retention of this key skilled workforce is pertinent. With data from a survey conducted in 2017 involving 451 business school academics in Australia and New Zealand, this research note highlights several key issues around the areas of workplace climate and well-being which importantly, are within the control of management. Specifically, these salient workforce issues include work intensification, burnout, and poor work–life balance.

Keywords

Australiawork-related attitudes/behavioursNew Zealandwell-being and psychosocial risk factors
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , July 2018 , pp. 492 - 499
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2018 

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