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Emotionally loaded identity and agency in Finnish academic work

Year of publication

2020

Authors

Ursin, Jani; Vähäsantanen, Katja; McAlpine, Lynn; Hökkä, Päivi

Abstract

This narrative study investigated identity, agency and emotions, amongst an under-researched academic group – those without PhDs with primary responsibility for teaching, who are also expected to do research. In this interview-based paper, we examine the experience of such Finnish academics in a research-intensive university. Thematic and then narrative approaches were employed. The findings demonstrated five narratives which indicated both balanced and tensioned relations as regards academic identity, with variable perceptions of agency and emotions embedded. The study contributes in two ways: first, it adds to the little that is known of the experiences of the aforementioned under-researched academic group. Second and more broadly, it provides insight into the emotionally loaded nature of academic work, and highlights the need for future research to explore academic identity and agency as emotionally imbued phenomena.
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Organizations and authors

University of Jyväskylä

Ursin Jani Orcid -palvelun logo

Vähäsantanen Katja Orcid -palvelun logo

Hökkä Päivi Orcid -palvelun logo

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Journal

Article type

Original article

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Publication channel information

Volume

44

Issue

3

Pages

311-325

​Publication forum

60472

​Publication forum level

1

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

Yes

Open access of publication channel

Partially open publication channel

Self-archived

Yes

Article processing fee (EUR)

2395

Year of payment for the open publication fee

2019

Other information

Fields of science

Educational sciences

Keywords

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Publication country

United Kingdom

Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

Yes

Co-publication with a company

No

DOI

10.1080/0309877X.2018.1541971

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes