Occupational preferences
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Preferences are at the basis of economic or rational choice decision theories. Preferences imply an ordering of action alternatives according to their expected utility, which may be subjective.
Conceptualizations
Scientists’ preferences and Career Prospects
Career preferences are discussed as a combination of different job-characteristics that individuals value. In line with some psychological approaches, Sauermann and Roach (2012)[1] link the self-evaluation of the chances obtaining a preferred job (i.e. research in academia) to the change in preferences: students realized over time that they are not competitive for scarce academic jobs and thus ceased to want them.
Sources
- ↑ 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
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