Employees from other professions always think that " teaching is a relaxed job", there is no issue to raise work-family conflict due to job pressures....please, what you think about it?
Mohammad Mizanur - It is a wrong notion if "Employees from other professions always think that " teaching is a relaxed job", there is no issue to raise work-family conflict due to job pressures". I think teaching is not a relaxed job especially at higher education level. A teacher has to work beyond the office hours to meet the needs of teaching, research and extension. As per reports some teachers work 12 to 16 hours a day because teaching and research is very competitive and the teacher has to meet the demands of publishing as required by institutions in which they work.
My answer is “yes”. It could be happen in any job including academic sector also. The academic job stress is very high comparing other job sectors.
Mohammad Mizanur - It is a wrong notion if "Employees from other professions always think that " teaching is a relaxed job", there is no issue to raise work-family conflict due to job pressures". I think teaching is not a relaxed job especially at higher education level. A teacher has to work beyond the office hours to meet the needs of teaching, research and extension. As per reports some teachers work 12 to 16 hours a day because teaching and research is very competitive and the teacher has to meet the demands of publishing as required by institutions in which they work.
You are correct Dr Manzoor Hussain...but, I am really wondering when my friends from other professions just say that "your profession is very relaxed " !!!!!
Thank you so much Dr Asif and Adnan for your observations....
Employees from other professions always think that " teaching is a relaxed job", there is no issue to raise work-family conflict due to job pressures....please, what you think about it?
Not really i.e. every job have their own demands or pressures - of course these demands / pressures might be perceived differently by different people or by people transitioned from corporate / industrial to academia or vice-versa. Think one should explore & find a job that s/he likes so that s/he can contribute the most, enjoy the best, feel no pressure & have balanced work-life balance.
Because of governance and management changes in universities in recent decades, the working environment of university academics has changed. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to investigate whether university academics are more workaholic and report more work–family conflicts than other university personnel and to provide empirical knowledge about the antecedents and outcomes of workaholism and work–family conflict among university academics...
Article Workaholism and work–family conflict among university academics
Yes, in my own opinion, it happens within the academic world. We should try as much as possible to make peaceful relationship at the home front in order not to affect our academic career.
Yes, its a subject matter. A subject that demand wisdom in striking a meaningful balance
Thank you so much Ljubomir Jacić for your valuable observations.....
Thank you so much Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin and Abiodun Olusola Omotayo
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