Internationalization of the postdoctorate in the United States: analyzing the demand for international postdoc labor

Cantwell, Brendan; Taylor, Barrett J.

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“…In the survey, 65 % of the postdocs who responded had a nonnative nationality compared to 50 % of the postdocs employed in the USA (Cantwell and Taylor 2013). Postdocs with Dutch nationality are older (36 vs. 33 years; p \ 0.001) and more experienced (Ph.D. 4.5 vs. Ph.D. 3 years before survey study; p \ 0.001), and they more often have children compared to their international colleagues (51 vs. 25 %; p \ 0.001).…”

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Career satisfaction of postdoctoral researchers in relation to their expectations for the future

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While postdoctoral researchers (postdocs) are an increasingly important and productive group of employees in academia, they lack further career prospects and embeddedness within their organizations. This paper provides a rare glimpse into this relatively unexplored but important group. A comparative study of two Dutch universities included a survey with both closed and open questions among 225 respondents. Our study reveals that nearly all postdocs (85 %) want to stay in the academic field, but only \3 % was offered a tenure-track position. The uncertainty of their future prospects in academia lowered their job satisfaction; this is particularly true for the social sciences and humanities. Concerning alternative career paths, only few of the postdocs spent time in preparing for a career outside academia, and less than a third attempted to develop any transferable skills, although the importance of networking was recognized. Given that postdocs seem to be trapped between their own ambitions and a lack of academic career opportunities, it is very important that, on the one hand, postdocs aim for better visibility within their organizations, while on the other hand, universities provide more clarity and openness about their further career prospects inside and outside academia.Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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“…In fact, among PhD earners in the United States, noncitizens have been found more likely to pursue doctoral training (NAS, ). Research indicates the visa restrictions make international workers less inclined to object to any working conditions (Cantwell & Taylor, ). Experiences of discrimination are also found to be widespread among international students (Lee & Rice, ) and research by Cantwell and Lee () based on interviews with international postdocs, supervising faculty, and key administrators across four large public research universities reveals substantial cultural stereotyping.…”

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The Changing Face of Employment at Research Universities

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2017

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“…In order to encourage doctoral graduates to take up non-academic employment, Cyranoski et al (2011) note that Japan's Ministry of Science and Education offers companies around US $47,000 each to hire postdoctoral students. They also point to the decreasing pattern of full-time tenured positions or the tenure track of employment of doctoral degree holders as well as the increasing number of postdoctoral positions in the U.S. 3 A postdoctoral position is a special transitional position that is only eligible for those with a doctoral degree. Taking up a postdoctoral position could be interpreted in many ways and has different functions and meanings in the literature.…”

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“…According to a report written by Cyranoski et al (2011), "the number of science doctorates earned each year grew by nearly 40% between 1998 and 2008, to some 34,000, in countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)." 2 We focus on the supply side of doctoral holders, rather than on the demand side that is analyzed by Cantwell and Taylor (2013). We note that only about one-quarter of all doctoral degree holders are employed in academic positions after their PhD training (Neumann and Tan, 2011).…”

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“…Jackson and Michelson (2014) explore the factors that influenc initial post-graduation job attainment of Australian PhD graduates based on a national survey conducted in 2011 and 2012. 3 According to Cyranoski et al (2011), "in 1973, 55% of US doctorates in the biological sciences secured tenuretrack positions within six years of completing their PhDs, and only 2% were in a postdoc or other untenured academic position. By 2006, only 15% were in tenured positions six years after graduating, with 18% untenured."…”

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Does Holding a Postdoctoral Position Bring Benefits for Advancing to Academia?

Lin

Chiu

2015

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu Postdoc is a special transitional position for those with a doctoral degree and is usually regarded as an investment to accumulate the additional human and social capital needed to facilitate future job searches or to add to an academic reserve army of unemployed PhDs. Given the prevalence of postdoctoral positions nowadays, it is crucial to explore the role played by postdoctoral participation in the post-PhD labor market. By taking advantage of a comprehensive data set from the National Profiles of Human Resources in Science and Technology in Taiwan, we first explore several characteristics associated with the choice of a postdoctoral position for newly-minted doctoral degree holders, such as age, discipline or the time taken to complete the degree. We then apply the control function approach to address the possible endogenous decision of postdoctoral experience when estimating the effects of postdoctoral positions on the current career choices between academic and non-academic jobs. The empirical results suggest that engaging in postdoctoral positions could increase the probability of advancing to the academic sector by about 6.1%. The heterogeneous effects of gender, major and cohort in regard to the postdoctoral experience are also found by splitting the data. Moreover, we experiment with several groupings for the definition of being awarded an academic position and obtain very robust empirical results. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SJEL Classification: I2, J24

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Internationalization of the postdoctorate in the United States: analyzing the demand for international postdoc labor

Cited by 45 publications

References 39 publications

Career satisfaction of postdoctoral researchers in relation to their expectations for the future

Career satisfaction of postdoctoral researchers in relation to their expectations for the future

The Changing Face of Employment at Research Universities

Does Holding a Postdoctoral Position Bring Benefits for Advancing to Academia?

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