COIMBRA BUSINESS REVIEW

Job Satisfaction and Changes in Workplace: the Case of Academic Staff in Portuguese Higher Education

Rui Brites
ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
CIES, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
ruibrites@iseg.ulisboa.pt

Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor
Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal
Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal
lmachado@cipes.up.pt

José Brites Ferreira
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria / NIDE, Portugal
Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES ), Portugal
brites@ipleiria.pt

ABSTRACT The Portuguese higher education system has been facing major reforms over the last years including the implementation of the Bologna Process, the approval of a new legal regime for the higher education institutions (HEIs) and the approval of new statutes relating to the academic career in the public higher education institutions. Thus, HEIs have to manage their resources, and human resources in particular, in order to be proactively positioned to seize opportunities and confront threats in an increasingly competitive environment. The academic staff as a key resource within HEIs plays a major role in achieving the objectives of the institution.

KEYWORDS: job satisfaction, academic career, changes, higher education.

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volume 1 | number 1 - December 2015