Working outside Academia? Perceptions of Early-Career, Fixed-Term Researchers on Changing Careers

Autor/inn/en	Aarnikoivu, Melina; Nokkala, Terhi; Siekkinen, Taru; Kuoppala, Kari; Pekkola, Elias
Titel	Working outside Academia? Perceptions of Early-Career, Fixed-Term Researchers on Changing Careers
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 9 (2019) 2, S.172-189 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aarnikoivu, Melina) ORCID (Nokkala, Terhi) ORCID (Siekkinen, Taru) ORCID (Kuoppala, Kari) ORCID (Pekkola, Elias)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235
DOI	10.1080/21568235.2018.1548941
Schlagwörter	Researchers; Career Change; College Faculty; Foreign Countries; Stress Variables; Job Security; Job Satisfaction; Compensation (Remuneration); Quality of Working Life; Career Planning; Employee Attitudes; Faculty College Relationship; Doctoral Students; Faculty Mobility; Work Environment; Publish or Perish Issue; Novices; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Researcher; Forscher; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Fakultät; Ausland; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Arbeitsqualität; Karriereplanung; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Arbeitsmilieu; Finnland
Abstract	This article examines the perceptions of early-career, fixed-term researchers in Finnish universities towards changing careers. It maps out the reasons this group has considered the change and where they see themselves in five years. As a theoretical framework, a synthesisation of variables related to career change, created by Ryan, Healy, and Sullivan [2012. "Oh, Won't You Stay? Predictors of Faculty Intent to Leave a Public University." "Higher Education" 63: 421-437.], was used. The results show that the most common reasons for early-career researchers to change careers are job-security related stress, job-related dissatisfaction, and salary. Over half of the respondents would like to work at a university in five years; however, half of the respondents would also be happy to work in industry. Further examination of the responses highlighted the polarisation of those academics who were optimistic about their future employment opportunities in academia and those with highly pessimistic outlooks. The results of the study bear crucial importance when addressing the current discussion and issues related to the career paths of early-career researchers in Europe. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01