Quality of work life of academics in Australian universities: a pilot study
Winter, Richard
Sarros, James C.
Tanewski, George
10.4225/03/5936072a1be85
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Quality_of_work_life_of_academics_in_Australian_universities_a_pilot_study/5072836
A cross-sectional study of the work environment and Quality of Work Life (QWL) of academics in
Australian universities is in progress. The study aims to: (1) establish current levels of academic QWL, and
(2) identify the relative importance of role, job, supervisory, structural, and sectoral characteristics to
academic QWL. To meet these aims, the study's primary data collection instrument, the Academic Work
Environment Survey (AWES), was developed. This paper reports on the piloting of the AWES across three
campuses of Monash University. Findings relate to the unidimensionality, reliability and construct validity
of the AWES scales. An overview of academics' quantitative responses to the AWES is also reported. A
brief conceptualisation and operationalisation of academic QWL is first provided.
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monash:62673
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1959.1/468947
Quality of Work Life
QWL
Academia
Academics
Work
Working life