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]).
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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.
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