What are the facilitators and barriers experienced by sessional academics during the process of onboarding: a scoping review
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Brouwer, H., Griffiths, S., Jacob, A., Ricks, T., Schulz, P., Lam, L. and Jacob, E.. (2024). What are the facilitators and barriers experienced by sessional academics during the process of onboarding: a scoping review. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2024.2340987
Authors | Brouwer, H., Griffiths, S., Jacob, A., Ricks, T., Schulz, P., Lam, L. and Jacob, E. |
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Abstract | Sessional academics undertake a large proportion of teaching and marking and are essential for current university structures and student success. Employment of sessional academics has primarily been driven by cost savings and flexibility in hiring practices for employers, in addition to managing academic staffing shortages. Despite the increase in sessional employment, little is known about the experience of sessional academics regarding support and processes for integrating them into university structures. This scoping review focused on identifying the facilitators and barriers experienced by sessional academics during the onboarding process. Two university departments that can contribute to improving the onboarding process are identified: human resources and the individual academic unit. Six subthemes were identified during the literature analysis to support onboarding: contractual, orientation, resources, communication, mentoring and belonging. These themes have been explored and discussed and key recommendations have been made for policymakers and managers, with further research proposed. |
Keywords | Sessional academics; adjunct; onboarding; facilitator; barriers; higher education policy |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management |
Journal citation | pp. 1-18 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1469-9508 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2024.2340987 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1360080X.2024.2340987 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-18 |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 11 Apr 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 05 Apr 2024 |
Deposited | 01 May 2024 |
Supplemental file | License File Access Level Open |
ARC Funded Research | This output has not been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Additional information | © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any med-ium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
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