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Control and Insecurity in Australian and Canadian Universities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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- Peetz, David (Author)
- O’Brady, Sean (Author)
- Weststar, Johanna (Author)
- Coles, Amanda (Author)
- Baird, Marian (Author)
- Cooper, Rae (Author)
- Charlesworth, Sara (Author)
- Pyman, Amanda (Author)
- Ressia, Susan (Author)
- Strachan, Glenda (Author)
- Troup, Carolyn (Author)
Title
Control and Insecurity in Australian and Canadian Universities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
We studied 14 universities across Canada and Australia to examine how the COVID-19 crisis, mediated through management strategies and conflict over financial control in higher education, influenced workers’ job security and affective outcomes like stress and happiness. The countries differed in their institutional frameworks, their union density, their embeddedness in neoliberalism and their negotiation patterns. Management strategies also differed between universities. Employee outcomes were influenced by differences in union involvement. Labour cost reductions negotiated with unions could improve financial outcomes, but, even in a crisis, management might not be willing to forego absolute control over finance, and it was not the depth of the crisis that shaped management decisions.
Publication
Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations
Volume
77
Issue
2
Pages
22 pages
Date
2022
Journal Abbr
ri
Language
en
ISSN
0034-379X, 1703-8138
Accessed
12/27/22, 2:41 PM
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Publisher: Département des relations industrielles de l’Université Laval
Citation
Peetz, D., O’Brady, S., Weststar, J., Coles, A., Baird, M., Cooper, R., Charlesworth, S., Pyman, A., Ressia, S., Strachan, G., & Troup, C. (2022). Control and Insecurity in Australian and Canadian Universities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 77(2), 22 pages. https://doi.org/10.7202/1091588ar
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