Abstract

PUJOL-COLS, Lucas; FOUTEL, Mariana  and  PORTA, Luis. Psychosocial Risks in the Academic Profession: An interpretative analysis of the discourse of Argentinian academics. Trab. soc. [online]. 2019, n.33, pp.161-170. ISSN 1514-6871.

The academic profession has turned into a highly stressful occupation, which increases the relevance of studying the psychosocial risks that affect scholars in higher education institutions. So far, the majority of prior research on psychosocial risks in the context of universities has measured the prevalence of generic taxonomies of psychosocial factors, thus neglecting to a considerable extent the consideration of other context-specific psychosocial variables that may be affecting the academic profession, particularly in Argentina. Drawing on qualitative evidence collected from eight in depth- interviews with scholars from an Argentinian public university, this article explores six specific categories of psychosocial risks affecting this sample of Argentinian scholars. The results revealed that increasing job demands such as high work overload, double presence, and feelings of distributive unfairness, along with insufficient levels of fundamental job resources such as career opportunities, external feedback, and participation in decision-making are the main psychosocial risks affecting the participants of this study.

Keywords : Psychosocial risks; University; Higher Education; University Teachers; Qualitative analysis.

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