Like Father(s), like Son(s): Does the Relation between Advisor and Student Productivity Persist on Group Level?

Breuninger, Susanne; Pull, Kerstin; Pferdmenges, Birgit

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“…A good relationship between supervisor and student leaves a positive impact on the students. If this relationship is negative, students are likewise negatively affected while searching for funding and aids for their theses and planning their careers following the doctoral programs (Breuninger, Pull, & Pferdmenges, 2012;Gratrix & Barrett, 2017). Students also stated that their supervisors should be more encouraging, share their knowledge and experiences, have the ability to listen and provide feedback and be sincere and thoughtful.…”

Section: Edupij • Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2018mentioning

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A Supervisor's Role in Career Planning of Doctoral Students: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Damar¹,

Bilik²,

Ayhan³

2018

edupij

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The aim of this study is to reveal the experiences of doctoral students with their supervisors in planning their careers. A qualitative descriptive study was conducted at an Institute of Health Sciences in Turkey. A total of 16 doctoral students were interviewed in-depth (eight studied nursing, two studied biomechanics, three studied biochemistry, and three studied histology). Five themes were identified from the collected data: Satisfaction with Supervisor, Supervisor = God, Supervisor Inadequacy, Students with No Demands, and National and Institutional Obstacles. The findings of the study suggested that students have to continue their careers as academicians, and are aware that career planning is limited to participating in academic congresses, writing articles, and preparing research projects. The students stated that they do not demand anything from their supervisors with regards to planning their careers. This is related to students and supervisors having insufficient knowledge on this issue, and supervisors inadequate cooperation with the sector/industry.

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Section: Edupij • Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2018mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Supervisor's Role in Career Planning of Doctoral Students: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Damar¹,

Bilik²,

Ayhan³

2018

edupij

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Do Research Training Groups Operate at Optimal Size?

Pull

Pferdmenges

Backes‐Gellner

2017

Schmalenbach Bus Rev

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In this paper, we analyze whether structured PhD programs operate at optimal size and whether there are differences between different disciplinary fields. Theoretically, we postulate that the relation between the size of a PhD program and program performance is hump shaped. For our empirical analysis, we use hand-collected data on 86 Research Training Groups (RTGs) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). As performance indicators, we use (a) the number of completed PhDs and (b) the number of publications by RTG students (PhD students and postdoctoral researchers). Applying DEA with constant and variable returns to scale, we find that the optimal team size varies between 10 and 16 RTG students in the humanities and social sciences. In contrast, our empirical analysis does not uncover a systematic relation between size and performance for RTGs in the natural and life sciences.

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(Self-)Selection, Incentives and Resources A Personnel Economics Perspective on Academia and Higher Education

Pull

Backes‐Gellner

2013

SSRN Journal

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In our paper, we view academia from a personnel economics perspective and analyze three important questions: (1) Who decides to become a researcher and what are the mechanisms of selection and self--selection that drive this process? (2) What makes re--searchers stay motivated and how can they be incentivized? (3) What other factors, aside from incentives, determine a researcher's productivity? In our selective review of the literature, we show how personnel economics has contributed and may further con--tribute to an enhanced understanding of the functioning of the academic system. First, however, we elaborate on a researcher's outcome dimensions, why these need to be measured by adequate output indicators and why differing inputs have to be taken into account. Here, too, personnel economics may contribute since it highlights the virtues and potential pitfalls associated with the identification of relevant outcome dimensions and potential measurement problems, and since it provides us with the necessary tools to assess productivity.

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Like Father(s), like Son(s): Does the Relation between Advisor and Student Productivity Persist on Group Level?

Cited by 4 publications

References 47 publications

A Supervisor's Role in Career Planning of Doctoral Students: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

A Supervisor's Role in Career Planning of Doctoral Students: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Do Research Training Groups Operate at Optimal Size?

(Self-)Selection, Incentives and Resources A Personnel Economics Perspective on Academia and Higher Education

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