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McUniversities revisited

A comparison of university and McDonald's casual employee experiences in Australia

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ID4098810
AutoresAndrew Nadolny (University of Newcastle Australia, autor correspondente), Suzanne Ryan (University of Newcastle Australia)
Ano2015
Volume40
Fascículo1
Páginas142-157
Data de publicação2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2013.818642
OpenAlexW2169703112
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas18

The McDonaldization of higher education refers to the transformation of universities from knowledge generators to rational service organizations or 'McUniversities'.This is reflected in the growing dependence on a casualized academic workforce.The article explores the extent to which the McDonaldization thesis applies to universities by comparing the experiences of casual academics with those of McDonald's employees.Survey and interview findings from an Australian university are compared with Gould's research on McDonald's casual employees in Australia.Aside from their employment status, the two groups have nothing in common.McDonald's employees experience routine work organization with good management and career prospects while casual academics experience stimulating work within a context of poor management and lack of career paths.This article questions the accuracy of applying the McDonaldization thesis to higher education based on the failure of the McJobs descriptor to withstand empirical scrutiny

Casual · Economics · Higher education · Management · Political science · Public relations · Scrutiny · Sociology · Workforce · Emotional Labor in Professions · Engineering · Higher Education and Employability · Management and Organizational Studies

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Intervalo de citações2016 - 2026 (11)
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