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##issue.vol## 10 ##issue.no## 1 (2021)

Common Sets of Perplexing Work Experiences Amongst Early-Career Academics in Higher Learning Institutions in Tanzania

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v10i1.72
Harun J. Magosho

Corresponding Author(s) : Harun J. Magosho

harunmagosho@gmail.com

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), ##issue.vol## 10 ##issue.no## 1 (2021)

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The research study from which this paper emanates was conducted in three selected
universities; the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM - Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Milani
Campus), University of Dodoma (UDOM), and Saint Augustine University of Tanzania
(SAUT - Mwenge). The study explores common sets of perplexing work experiences of
early career academics (ECAs). A sample size of 54 participants was used to generate
data through interviews, documentary data review, and non-participant observation.
Research results showed that during early days early career academics work hard to get
acquainted with different academic duties and responsibilities, demonstrate own
academic capacity, and widen academic connections and networks. It was revealed that
ECAs endured relatively weighty workloads as they performed own duties and those of
their senior members; and spent relatively lesser amount of time on scholarly works
than what was essentially required to meet predetermined promotion standards. In
general, ECAs were worried, disturbed, lonely and confused amid perplexing university
work settings. The study recommends for extensive mentoring strategies that would
improve work experiences of ECAs in universities in Tanzania.
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