How Organisational Change Influences Academic Work: The Academic Predicament Model for a Conducive Work Environment

Higher education institutions around the globe are facing complex issues that disrupt the usual roles and purposes of centres of learning and research. Forces such as globalisation, burgeoning knowledge-based economies, rapid adoption of new technology, and global competition are changing the work and lived experiences of academics across the globe.

This book addresses the unprecedented effects of these global pressures, including the COVID-19 pandemic, on university work and the resulting ...