WHAT DRIVES RESEARCHERS' CAREERS? THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY, GENDER AND FAMILY

International mobility has become increasingly common in the research profession, partly due to strong policy support. To understand this trend, it is necessary to explore how researchers plan and envisage their career, that is, what drives their decisions. In this exploratory paper we shed light on...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sociología y tecnociencia 2013-01, Vol.3 (3), p.8-30
Main Authors: Fernandez-Zubieta, Ana, Marinelli, Elisabetta, Pérez, Susana Elena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Career development planning
Careers
Choices
Collaboration
Colleges & universities
Cooperation
Curie, Marie (1867-1934)
Data collection
Decision making
Decisions
Families & family life
Females
Gender
Mobility
Motivation
Occupational choice
Occupational mobility
Parents & parenting
Questionnaires
R&D
Research & development
Researchers
Sexes
Studies
Taxonomy
Trends
Women
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:International mobility has become increasingly common in the research profession, partly due to strong policy support. To understand this trend, it is necessary to explore how researchers plan and envisage their career, that is, what drives their decisions. In this exploratory paper we shed light on this issue, comparing career drivers across three mobility categories. Furthermore, we take into account gender and the parental status of the researchers, as both factors remarkably influence career choices. We use data from the Study on International Mobility and Researchers' Career Development Project (SIM-ReC), launched in 2011 by the Institute of Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) in collaboration with NIFU (Norway), Logotech (Greece) and the University of Athens. The dataset covers researchers working in European universities across ten countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The results highlight how different mobility patterns reflect different motivations and confirm that gender and parenthood are critical in shaping career decisions.
ISSN:1989-8487
1989-8487