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Bryson, C. (2004) ‘What about the Workers? The Expansion of Higher Education and the Transformation of Academic Work’, Industrial Relations Journal 351: 38-57.

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Abstract: This article assesses the impact of the profound changes that have taken place in the higher education sector on academic staff in the UK. The perceptions of staff about their work and employment are examined through evidence provided by a recent large-scale survey. The discussion draws on a labour process perspective. The article finds that the views of staff are far from homogeneous and not universally pessimistic. However, in general the morale and satisfaction of many teaching staff have been eroded by work intensification and that of research staff by the considerable insecurity created by casualised employment. Nonetheless resistance and resilience continues despite the commodifying pressures, and 'traditional' values remain strong.

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