Titre
Ready for careers within and beyond academia? Assessing career competencies amongst junior researchers
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Skakni, Isabelle
Auteure/Auteur
Maggiori, Christian
Auteure/Auteur
Masdonati, Jonas
Auteure/Auteur
Akkermans, Jos
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
ISSN
0729-4360
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2023-05-19
Volume
42
Numéro
4
Première page
968
Dernière page/numéro d’article
983
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Résumé
This study examines the extent to which career competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to manage one’s own work and learning experiences to achieve the desired career progression) are prevalent amongst early career researchers (ECRs). We adapted the Career Competencies Questionnaire [Akkermans, J., Brenninkmeijer, V., Huibers, H., & Blonk, R. W. (2013). Competencies for the contemporary career: Development and preliminary validation of the career competencies questionnaire. Journal of Career Development, 40(3), 245–267] to ECRs’ training and career specificities, considering the two career tracks facing them: within and outside academia. This questionnaire was sent to PhD students and junior PhD holders in 16 countries (n = 727). Our results show that career competencies for within and outside academia are clearly contrasted. Furthermore, compared with their female counterparts, male participants generally reported stronger career competencies in preparation for careers both within and outside academia, while PhD students perceived having more career competencies in preparation for careers outside academia than PhD holders did. We also found a positive link between ECRs’ career competencies and their perceived employability, and those who perceived themselves as having strong career competencies were more likely to consider their current work meaningful. While most PhD holders pursue careers beyond academia, the concept of career competencies offers an innovative theoretical contribution to the field of ECRs’ development, by highlighting how this population perceives their preparedness for diverse professional paths.
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Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2023-05-10T18:11:56.001Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T22:35:23Z
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Skakni Maggiori Masdonati Akkermans 2023_CCQ.pdf
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