Scientists and satisfaction

被引:20
作者
Hermanowicz, JC
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Inst Higher Educ, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[2] Univ Georgia, Franklin Coll Arts & Sci, Dept Sociol, Athens, GA 30602 USA
关键词
academic careers; higher education;
D O I
10.1177/0306312703033001177
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Are professors happy? Results from surveys generally conclude that they are, much like other professionals. But high satisfaction registered in surveys may measure the normatively-generated, public side of work that affirms the academic profession's official image. Based on a recent national study of academic physicists' careers, this paper presents results from in-depth interviews in which respondents at a range of US universities provided detailed accounts of their experience in, and identification with, academe. I study satisfaction from a different angle-through the self-doubts scientists have about their work and careers - and investigate how self-doubts may systematically differ across distinct 'social worlds' of the academy. The findings suggest that satisfaction is a more nuanced component of work than previous studies have suggested. I explore satisfaction as a developmental process in which people learn how to narrate their careers in the socially accepted formats that their given world of academic work prescribes.
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页码:45 / 73
页数:29
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