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Alexandre Bran; Nicolas Lopes; Matthieu Lafon – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
PhD graduates are often recruited for positions that entail various work demands. Based on theoretical models of work demands, PhD graduates can appraise these demands in three main ways: as challenges, hindrances, or threats. The more aware they are of the skills they developed in their doctoral program, the more likely they are to appraise…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Degrees, Career Readiness, Employment Qualifications
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Erickson, Mark; Hanna, Paul; Walker, Carl – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
In this paper, we present results from an extensive survey of United Kingdom (UK) university academics investigating satisfaction with senior managers and university governance: the Senior Management Survey (SMS). In total, 5888 academic staff across the United Kingdom Higher Education (HE) sector completed the survey, and results were used to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
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Granata, S. N.; Dochy, F. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Activity theory is used to compare PhD undertaken at university, that is, academic PhD, with PhD performed in collaboration with industry, that is, semi-industrial PhD. The research is divided into a literature review and a case study. Semi-industrial and academic PhD are modelled as activity systems, and differences are highlighted in terms of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Engineering Education, School Business Relationship, Work Environment