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Self-Determination Theory and Academic Life

Strategies for Reclaiming Pleasure and Professionalism Distilled from Universities in Australia and Europe

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Producing Pleasure in the Contemporary University

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Abstract

Contemporary scholarship is replete with accounts and analyses of the challenges and complexities of current academic life. Much of this scholarship sounds alarm bells – even clarion calls – with regard to the sustainability and value of academics’ work. For example, Olson (2013) lamented that “Academe is often plagued by inexcusably rude and uncollegial behaviour” (p. 1) and that “This culture of incivility is becoming ubiquitous” (p. 1).

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    Erich C. Fein

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    Thomas Banhazi

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Fein, E.C., Ganguly, R., Banhazi, T., Danaher, P.A. (2017). Self-Determination Theory and Academic Life. In: Riddle, S., Harmes, M.K., Danaher, P.A. (eds) Producing Pleasure in the Contemporary University. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-179-7_13

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