A taste for science? PhD scientists' academic orientation and self-selection into research careers in industry
A taste for science? PhD scientists' academic orientation and self-selection into research careers in industry
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10.1016/j.respol.2010.01.004
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
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7.2
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Sauermann, Henry
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作者：
Roach, Michael;Sauermann, Henry
最近对工业和学术科学的研究借鉴了这样一种观念，即受过学术训练的科学家具有强烈的“科学品味”。然而，很少有人注意到研究人员对科学的兴趣的潜在异质性，以及对工业界与学术界职业生涯的潜在选择效应。使用来自400多名科学和工程博士生的调查数据，我们研究了博士生对科学的兴趣程度（例如，对独立、出版、同行认可和对基础研究的兴趣的渴望）和其他个人特征预测了对工业界和学术界研究职业的偏好。我们的研究结果表明，倾向于工业就业的博士生表现出较弱的“科学品味”，更关心的工资和获得资源，以及更强烈的兴趣，下游工作相比，博士生谁喜欢学术生涯。我们的研究结果对创新研究以及管理者和政策制定者具有重要意义。(C)2010 Elsevier BV保留所有权利。
Recent research on industrial and academic science draws on the notion that academically trained scientists have a strong "taste for science". However, little attention has been paid to potential heterogeneity in researchers' taste for science and to potential selection effects into careers in industry versus academia. Using survey data from over 400 science and engineering PhD students, we examine the extent to which PhD students' taste for science (e.g., desire for independence, publishing, peer recognition, and interest in basic research) and other individual characteristics predict preferences for research careers in industry versus academia. Our results suggest that PhD students who prefer industrial employment show a weaker "taste for science", a greater concern for salary and access to resources, and a stronger interest in downstream work compared to PhD students who prefer an academic career. Our findings have important implications for innovation research as well as for managers and policy makers. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.