Academic researchers face mobility related decisions throughout their careers. We study the importance of team and organisational characteristics of the home departments for career choices of departing researchers in the fields of science and engineering at higher education institutions in...

Academic entrepreneur, university spin-off growth, career attitude, career path, growth intention. - Akademische Gründer, Wachstum universitärer Ausgründungen, Karriereeinstellung, Karrierepfad, Wachstumseinstellung

Asymmetric international mobility of highly talented scientists is well documented. We try contributing to the explanation of this phenomenon, looking at the "competitiveness" of higher education systems in terms of being able to attract talented scientists in their field. We characterise...

Based on a unique survey, we conduct a stated choice experiment to examine the determinants of career choice in academia. Both early and later stage researchers value a balance between teaching and research, appropriate salaries, working with high-quality peers and good availability of external...

We derive a theoretical model of effort in the presence of career concern based on the multi-unit all-pay auction, and closely inspired by the Italian academic market. In this model, the number of applicants, the number of new posts, and the relative importance of the determinants of promotion...

Kosovo's economy in recent years has faced numerous problems. Change the system, from the totalitarian and centralized to a market economy was accompanied by events that had significant impact on the economy of Kosovo. Lack of experience with regard to free market economy made it more difficult...

Objective - Job search is a continuous and developing process which is considered to be an essential part of the work-life of people due to its frequency and extensiveness. Previous literature on job search focusses on how hard job seekers search for a job but only have vague knowledge about the...

There is increasing evidence that science & engineering PhD students lose interest in an academic career over the course of graduate training. It is not clear, however, whether this decline reflects students being discouraged from pursuing an academic career by the challenges of obtaining a...