Temporary contracts are increasingly used in academia. This is a major concern for non-
tenured researchers, since weak job security may hamper job satisfaction. This paper …

In this study, we assess the effects of temporary employment on job satisfaction and the
personal lives of recent PhD graduates. Temporary employment is becoming increasingly …

Previous research has shown that temporary employment is negatively associated with
many psychological and job-related outcomes, such as well-being, health, wages …

Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey
among postdocs in Germany to analyze the perceptions and attitudes of postdocs regarding …

This chapter focuses on the analysis of changing academic work, working conditions and
discussion about job satisfaction related to the academics' income in Europe. The study …

Research has shown that a tenure track incorporates both commitment and control aspects:
the career system offers junior-level academics long-term job prospects, but subjects them to …

Over 40 per cent of academic staff in Higher Education and an unspecified number of
support and part time staff, are employed on fixed term contracts. This article reports the …

Studies of employment often focus on general labour market developments or the
employment status of vulnerable groups concentrated at the lower end of the labour market …

This study investigates a unique incentive-based affirmative action program in Germany's
academic labor market. By analyzing a sample of business administration professors, we …

In this study, we examine institutional predictors of part-time faculty employment in the
higher education sector in the United States. We draw upon institutional and individual-level …