Theorizing Gets Personal: Management Academia in the Mirror of Independent Work

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1177/26317877231153188

Gianpiero Petriglieri, S. Ashford

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Abstract

With the rise of a global marketplace for research ideas, and the increased precarity of teaching positions, academic labor occurs more so than ever in conditions that resemble those faced by independent workers. We came to this realization in the process of bridging these two worlds, so dissimilar institutionally and yet so resonant existentially. The freedom that must be coped with, the personal investment work, and the precariousness experienced, for both independent workers and academics, contribute to an obsession with productivity as a way to manage strong and conflicting emotions attendant to work. This essay offers a lens to interpret that obsession, and some advice for countering it and crafting a viable and vital working life, by cultivating connections to significant people, a specific and evocative place to work, soothing routines, and an overarching purpose. We must examine the experience of those who theorize for a living, this essay argues, if we aspire to bring theories to life. Focusing on the personal, existential experience of “being” an academic, the essay complements work on the social and institutional challenges of “doing” academia, and contends that sustaining personal investment in work is essential to developing more pluralistic and potent theories about the contemporary world of work.

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理论化变得个人化:独立工作镜像中的管理学术界

随着全球研究思想市场的兴起，以及教学职位的日益不稳定，学术劳动比以往任何时候都更像独立工作者所面临的条件。我们在连接这两个世界的过程中认识到这一点，这两个世界在制度上如此不同，但在存在上却如此共鸣。对于独立工作者和学者来说，必须应对的自由、个人投资工作以及所经历的不稳定，都导致了人们对生产率的痴迷，认为这是一种管理工作中强烈而矛盾的情绪的方式。这篇文章提供了一个解读这种痴迷的镜头，并提供了一些建议，通过培养与重要人物的联系，一个特定的、令人回味的工作场所，舒缓的日常工作，以及一个总体目标，来对抗它，创造一个可行的、充满活力的工作生活。这篇文章认为，如果我们渴望将理论带入生活，我们必须审视那些以理论为生的人的经历。这篇文章聚焦于“作为”学者的个人存在经验，补充了“做”学术界的社会和制度挑战，并认为维持个人对工作的投资对于发展有关当代工作世界的更多元化和更有力的理论至关重要。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.