Work environment factors affecting foreign early career researchers’ intention to stay, sense of belonging, and stress
Work environment factors affecting foreign early career researchers’ intention to stay, sense of belonging, and stress
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影响外国早期职业研究人员留下意愿、归属感和压力的工作环境因素
DOI：
10.1080/02188791.2023.2198159
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Mason Shannon
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作者：
Sakurai Yusuke;Mason Shannon
在日益全球化的情况下，人们期望高等教育机构支持从本国搬迁的工作人员。然而，很少有研究集中在外国早期职业研究人员的参与，谁往往是在具有挑战性和不稳定的情况下，专门贡献的因素。本研究以工作需求-资源模型为指导，探讨了工作环境中的重要因素（工作量控制、学术支持结构和合议性）与他们的留职意愿、归属感和所在机构的压力状况之间的关系。使用305名在日本的外国早期职业研究人员的样本，结构方程模型分析表明，那些具有更大的合议性有更高的归属感，意图留下来，和更少的压力。研究结果还表明，当他们能够控制自己的工作量时，他们的工作压力会减少。然而，工作量和学习支持条件对他们的留院意愿和归属感没有显著影响。这项研究为支持现代高等教育机构的全球人力资本及其工作参与提供了有价值的见解。例如，随着日本大学越来越多地建立英语教学项目并任命外国研究人员，应采取适当的制度举措，以促进机构成员之间的合议。
Amid increasing globalization, higher education institutions are expected to support staff members who relocate from their home countries. However, few studies have focused on factors exclusively contributing to the engagement of foreign early-career researchers, who are often in challenging and precarious situations. Guided by the job demands – resources model, this study examined how the significant factors of the work environment (workload control, academic support structure, and collegiality) are associated with their intention to stay, sense of belonging, and stress conditions at their institutions. Using a sample of 305 foreign early-career researchers in Japan, structural equation modelling analysis demonstrated that those with greater collegiality had a higher sense of belonging, intention to stay, and less stress. The results also suggest that they feel less job stress when they can take control of their workload. However, their intention to stay and sense of belonging were not significantly explained by the workload and academic support conditions. This study offers valuable insights into supporting global human capital in modern higher education institutions and their work engagement. For example, as Japanese universities have increasingly established English medium programs and appointed foreign researchers, proper institutional initiatives should be taken to foster collegiality among institutional members.