Research career stage models
Main
| Laudel & Gläser | EC | ESF | LERU | |
| Career Focus | Academic research | Open | Academic | |
| Description of career stages |
|
|
|
|
| Defined by | Role sets/ Interdependence Authority |
Competences/ Independence, Leadership |
Positions/ Independence |
Positions/ Rank |
| Sector University | All | Public | University | |
| Distinguishing foci | Work/ Community | Competences | Tracking/ Gender | Shared career responsibilities |
Laudel and Gläser Model of research career stages
The Laudel and Gläser model of research career stages is theoretically informed whereas the remaining models are descriptive. Progression through research career stages may evolve differently within specific types of research careers.
Four career stages are described:
- Apprentice, Doctoral Training Career Stage (R1)
- Colleague
- Master
- Elite
The transition from one of these stages to the next is described as a change in the dominant ‘role set’. Ultimately it is the process of cognitive broadening, acquiring learning and other capabilities, which drives the transition from one role set to another – making the production of knowledge and the cognitive career the real trigger for career development (2001, p. 703[1]). Laudel and Gläser (2008)[2] show how transition from apprentice to colleague within the peer community involves the transformation of collaborative relationships (from mentoring to partnerships).
The four stages of a research career are drawn from career theory, specifically the work of Dalton and colleagues (1977)[3] on professional careers.
Sources
- ↑ Gläser, J. (2001). Macrostructures, Careers and Knowledge Production: A Neoinstitutionalist Approach. International Journal of Technology Management 22(7/8), 698-715. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTM.2001.002987
- ↑ Laudel, G. & Gläser, J. (2008). From Apprentice to Colleague: The Metamorphosis of Early Career Researchers. Higher Education 55(3), 387–406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-007-9063-7
- ↑ Dalton, G. W., Thompson, P. H. & Price, R. L. (1977). The four stages of professional careers - a new look at performance by professionals. Organizational Dynamics 6(1), 19-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/0090-2616(77)90033-X
