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Social origin and gender of doctoral degree holders: impact of particularistic attributes in access to and in later career attainment

Social origin and gender of doctoral degree holders: impact of particularistic attributes in access to and in later career attainment
Social origin and gender of doctoral degree holders: impact of particularistic attributes in access to and in later career attainment
Within the scope of this article we went further into the question to what extent particularistic attributes - social origin and gender - can affect selection processes (1) in access to and (2) in later career attainment after achieving the doctoral degree. The analyses are based on a questionnaire survey (n = 2 244) among doctoral degree holders achieving the doctoral degree in six selected disciplines (biology, electrical engineering, German studies, mathematics, social sciences, and business studies/ economics) at German universities. In terms of our first object of investigation, the analyses show that in four out of six disciplines doctoral degree holders are a selected group compared to university graduates with regard to both social origin and gender. In terms of our second object of investigation - the impact of particularistic attributes on several indicators of further career attainment after achieving the doctoral degree (career inside or outside higher education and science, career position and income) the results point to a stronger impact of gender compared to social origin.
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Enders, Jürgen
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Bornmann, Lutz
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Enders, Jürgen
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Enders, Jürgen and Bornmann, Lutz (2004) Social origin and gender of doctoral degree holders: impact of particularistic attributes in access to and in later career attainment. Scientometrics, 61 (1), 19-41.

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Within the scope of this article we went further into the question to what extent particularistic attributes - social origin and gender - can affect selection processes (1) in access to and (2) in later career attainment after achieving the doctoral degree. The analyses are based on a questionnaire survey (n = 2 244) among doctoral degree holders achieving the doctoral degree in six selected disciplines (biology, electrical engineering, German studies, mathematics, social sciences, and business studies/ economics) at German universities. In terms of our first object of investigation, the analyses show that in four out of six disciplines doctoral degree holders are a selected group compared to university graduates with regard to both social origin and gender. In terms of our second object of investigation - the impact of particularistic attributes on several indicators of further career attainment after achieving the doctoral degree (career inside or outside higher education and science, career position and income) the results point to a stronger impact of gender compared to social origin.

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Published date: 2004
Organisations: Southampton Education School

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Local EPrints ID: 352551
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/352551
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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 13:54

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Author: Jürgen Enders
Author: Lutz Bornmann

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