This article reports findings on relationships between academic work and ethnicity and nationality. The findings are derived from extensive data on the relationship between social group and views on the composition and distribution of aspects of academic work, determinants of teaching load, determinants of remuneration, and the purpose of staff development programmes.

The identification of social group on racial or ethnic bases is a fraught question, especially in South Africa where such identification has been the basis of social injustice. However, as South Africa continues to try and create a non-racist educational system, it is important to detect relationships between academic work and such identification. This research identifies several aspects of academic work that are good discriminators between the three groups of South African academics identified - White South Africans, Black South Africans, and expatriate or Non-South Africans. The findings have implications for international academic mobility.

Keywords: academic work, values, nationality