MANY ROADS TO SUCCESS: BROADENING OUR VIEWS OF ACADEMIC CAREER PATHS AND ADVICE
Journal
Journal of Management
ISSN
0149-2063
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2024-03-05
Author(s)
Beth Livingston
;
;
A. K. Ward
;
Allison S. Gabriel
;
Joanna T. Campbell
;
Emily Block
;
Kimberly French
;
Rachel Frieder
;
Annika Hillebrandt
;
Jia (Jasmine) Hu
;
Kristen P. Jones
;
Nina M. Junker
;
Ashley Mandeville
;
Sarah Otner
;
Amanda S. Patel
;
Samantha Paustian-underdahl
;
Manuela Priesemuth
;
Kristen M. Shockley
;
Mindy Shoss
Research Team
Jamie Gloor (Asst. Prof. & PI), Eugenia Bajet Mestre (PhD student), Mihwa Seong (Post-Doc), Huong Pham (Post-Doc): PLAID Lab, CCDI, FIM-HSG
Abstract
Advice is often given to junior scholars in the field of organization science to ostensibly facilitate their career success. In this commentary, we discuss insights from 19 elite scholars (i.e., Fellows and top journal editors) about the advice they received—and often, did not follow—throughout their careers. We highlight some of the pitfalls from the current, all-too-common and often singular advice given to junior scholars while also adding necessary nuance to the requirements to achieve success in our field. We conclude with advice on how to give better advice, thereby more equitably encouraging a new generation of increasingly diverse researchers and future professors.
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation
Language
English
Keywords
advice
success
career
diversity
Refereed
Yes
Volume
50
Number
4
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