"If you haven't got a PhD, you're not going to get a job": The PhD as a hurdle to continuing academic employment in nursing

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-344

  Jackson, Debra ^a   Peters, Kath ^a   Andrew, Sharon ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctoral studies; Mentoring; Nurse education; Nursing faculty; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHER;

AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; MENTORS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOLS, NURSING;

EID: 79954633865     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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