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- Follows nearly 50 individuals as they explore employment options after finishing their PhDs
- Uses real-life stories to examine the difficulties and rewards in pursuing a career in academia
- Provides invaluable resources to help the reader reflect upon their own career trajectory
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Conclusions and Resources
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Professor Emerita at McGill University, Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Oxford, UK and, Montreal, Canada
Lynn McAlpine
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Simon Fraser University Fac. Education, Burnaby, Canada
Cheryl Amundsen
About the authors
Cheryl Amundsen is Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She has focused her research on the investigation of how academics think about teaching, including supervision, in relationship to their disciplinary knowledge. Amundsen currently directs a program that supports academics from across disciplines to design and carry out research about teaching and student learning.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Post-PhD Career Trajectories
Book Subtitle: Intentions, Decision-Making and Life Aspirations
Authors: Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57660-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57659-0Published: 12 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57660-6Published: 03 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 124
Topics: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Work, Self and Identity