Systematic review of the job demands and resources of academic staff within higher education institutions
Loading...
Date
2021
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Sciedu Press
Abstract
The Higher Education sector has been through an array of changes, such as globalisation, massification, lack of job
security, decolonisation and a number of technological advancements. These changes have impacted academic
workload and have increased work pressure with resultant effects on family and work life balance. A review of the
existing literature indicates a lack of clarity when it comes to the job demands and job resources inherent to the
academic occupation. In order to determine the job demands and job resources of academics, a systematic review of
empirical literature is warranted. This paper systematically reviewed empirical research published from 2014 to 2019
investigating job demands and resources based on the job demands-resources model in the higher education
environment. Six articles were identified that met the criteria for inclusion. Thus, a list of quantitative, qualitative and
organisational job demands as well as organisational and personal resources specific to the academic environment
were identified. This will allow Higher Education Institutions to provide targeted development of job resources and
mitigation of job demands for their academic employees and enable the development of specific interventions.
Description
Keywords
Job demands, Job resources, Higher education, Academics, Lack of jobs
Citation
Naidoo-Chetty, M., & du Plessis, M. (2021). Systematic review of the job demands and resources of academic staff within higher education institutions. International Journal of Higher Education,10(3), 268-284. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v10n3p268