Narratives of love and happiness for academic work intertwine with normalization of exploitation, producing a "passion trap" of pain and fatigue amid unstable contracts¶
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q2 i? Academics experience a passion trap: jobs that are a source of passion and pleasure coexist with pain, suffering, and fatigue caused by unstable contracts and working conditions. → Oliveira 2024
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Oliveira 2024¶
Oliveira, T., Nada, C., & Magalhães, A. (2024). Navigating an Academic Career in Marketized Universities: Mapping the International Literature. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543231226336
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The review reports, quoting Luczaj (2020), that academics are caught in a "passion trap": "they have jobs that are a source of passion and pleasure" while experiencing pain, suffering, and fatigue from unstable contracts. Second-hand qualitative finding; no effect size.
"on the one hand, they have jobs that are a source of passion and pleasure; but on the other hand, they experience passion—in all spheres of their lives—in the most literal sense of the term: pain, suffering, and fatigue caused by unstable contracts"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Fatalistic narratives such as \"there is no other way out of the neoliberal game\" appear prevalent in how academics narrate careers under marketization — related
- Academic career structures have undergone progressive precarization, marked by an increase in temporary contracts and part-time jobs, under marketized higher education — related
- Educators during the pandemic may experience secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and community trauma alongside their own individual trauma — related
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Narratives of love and happiness for academic work intertwine with normalization of exploitation, producing a "passion trap" of pain and fatigue amid unstable contracts |
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Narratives of love and happiness for academic work intertwine with normalization of exploitation, producing a "passion trap" of pain and fatigue amid unstable contracts |
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