How Do Academic Elites March through Departments? A Comparison of the Most Eminent Economists and Sociologists' Career Trajectories

Autor/in	Korom, Philipp
Titel	How Do Academic Elites March through Departments? A Comparison of the Most Eminent Economists and Sociologists' Career Trajectories
Quelle	In: Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 58 (2020) 3, S.343-365 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Korom, Philipp)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-4695
DOI	10.1007/s11024-020-09399-1
Schlagwörter	Economics; Sociology; Status; Career Development; Occupational Mobility; Researchers; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Volkswirtschaftslehre; Soziologie; Berufsentwicklung; Berufliche Mobilität; Researcher; Forscher; Fakultät
Abstract	This article compares the career trajectories and mobility patterns of Nobel Laureates in economics with those of highly cited sociologists to evaluate a theory advanced by Richard Whitley that postulates a nexus between the overall intellectual structure of a discipline and the composition of its elite. The theory predicts that the most eminent scholars in internally fragmented disciplines such as sociology will vary in their departmental affiliations and academic career paths, while disciplines such as economics with strong linkages between specialties and shared standards of excellence will be dominated by a more homogeneous elite. The comparison provides strong empirical evidence in favor of Whitley's theory. The careers of the most eminent economists are closely tied to the top five departments of the discipline, whereas the career pathways to eminence in sociology are largely unpredictable. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01