Thursday 23 August 2012

Determinants of Success in Academic Careers

an article by Barbara van Balen (QANU (Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities), Utrecht), Pleun van Arensbergen (Rathenau Instituut, Den Haag), Inge van der Weijden (Leiden University) and Peter van den Besselaar (VU University, Amsterdam) published in Higher Education Policy Volume 25 Issue 3 (September 2012)

Abstract

The competition for top positions in university rankings has put a stronger emphasis on the quality of university staff.

Recruitment of excellent scholars is a core activity for university HRM.

In this study, we compare the careers of pairs of similar researchers that were considered as very talented in their early careers. Of every pair, one has a continued academic career, whereas the other does not.

We investigate to what extent success in academic career is determined by cultural, social and intellectual capital, and organisational and contextual factors.



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