A decade beyond the doctorate: the influence of a US postdoctoral appointment on faculty career, productivity, and salary

Higher Education

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 667-687

  Yang, Lijing ^a   Webber, Karen L ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Postdoctoral research; Research productivity; Salary; Tenure track faculty members

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945496935     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9860-3     Document Type: Article

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