Post-PhD Career Trajectories Intentions, Decision-Making and Life Aspirations /

• Main Authors: McAlpine, Lynn (Author), Amundsen, Cheryl (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Industrial sociology.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Higher Education.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Sociology of Education.; Sociology of Work.; Self and Identity.

This book argues that post-PhD career planning should ideally begin at the same time as the PhD itself. Drawing from ten years of research and stories of close to 50 individuals, each chapter focuses on the stories of individuals who share common career intentions and how they negotiate these both b...

Table of Contents:

• CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW OF BOOK
• CHAPTER 2. UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
• CHAPTER 3. IDENTITY-TRAJECTORY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
• CHAPTER 4. ACHIEVED THE VISION (NON-RESEARCH-TEACHING)
• CHAPTER 5. ACHIEVED RESEARCH-TEACHING (RESEARCHER ROUTE)
• CHAPTER 6. ACHIEVED RESEARCH-TEACHING (NON-RESEARCH ROUTES)
• CHAPTER 7. MAINTAINED THE VISION BUT NOT YET ACHIEVED
• CHAPTER 8. CHANGING CAREER INTENTIONS AWAY FROM ACADEMIA
• CHAPTER 9. STILL LOOKING FORWARD
• CHAPTER 10. AGENCY AND RESILIENCE
• CHAPTER 11. RESOURCES .