Non-tenured post-doctoral researchers' job mobility and research output: An analysis of the role of research discipline, department size, and coauthors

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 634-650

  Bäker, Agnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic mobility; Coauthors; Department size; Human capital; Inbreeding; Publication output; Research discipline; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COAUTHORS; DEPARTMENT SIZE; HUMAN CAPITALS; INBREEDING; PUBLICATION OUTPUT; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84923205771     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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