Identity-Trajectories of Early Career Researchers Unpacking the Post-PhD Experience /

• Main Authors: McAlpine, Lynn (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Amundsen, Cheryl (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Maturation (Psychology).; Career education.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Education-Research.; Sociology of Education.; Higher Education.; Personal Development.; Career Skills.; Research Methods in Education.

The book asks how we can make sense of career paths for PhD graduates, something that has rarely been systematically studied. It offers a coherent synthesis of the empirically-based insights that arose from the experiences of 48 early career researchers, who were participants in a 10-year qualitativ...