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In Pursuit of a Tenure-Track Faculty Position: Career Progression and Satisfaction of Humanities and Social Sciences Doctorates
- Source :
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Review of Higher Education . Sum 2019 42(4):1309-1336. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Using the life course perspective to examine the longer-term career patterns of more than 5,000 humanities and humanistic social sciences PhDs, this study illustrates the multiple pathways to the professoriate and the importance of academic aspirations and linked lives in career trajectories. Marital status and having young dependents in the household influence the career patterns of men and women differently; however, there is permeability between other employment sectors and tenure-track faculty positions. While the majority of PhDs intended academic careers, PhDs in the non-profit (nonacademic) sector report a higher rate of job satisfaction compared to PhDs in tenure-track faculty positions.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0162-5748
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Review of Higher Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1223113
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2019.0067