Social Support, Mentoring
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According to Sauermann and Roach (2012)[1] social support in the form of advisor encouragement plays a role for career choice: advisors and departments strongly encourage academic research careers while being less encouraging for other career path (Sauermann & Roach, 2012[1]).
Conceptualizations
Mentors
In the Laudel and Gläser (2008)[2] career model, academic careers cannot function without a mentor. Similarly, Jungbauer-Gans and Gross (2013, p. 78)[3] point out:
“Mentors seem to be enormously important for young scientists (Zuckerman 1977, 1993). More than half of the Nobel Prize laureates had themselves been mentored by one or more other Nobel Prize laureates (Zuckerman 1977).” Jungbauer-Gans and Gross (2013)[3] show that mentorship affects time to tenure in Mathematics and Law.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sauermann, H. & Roach, M. (2012). Science PhD Career Preferences: Levels, Changes, and Advisor Encouragement. PloS ONE 7(5), e36307. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036307
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jungbauer-Gans, M., & Gross, C. (2013). Determinants of Success in Scientific Careers: Findings from the German Academic Labour Market. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 42(1), 74–92.
