Career Paths Inside and Outside Academia 2024
DOI: 10.5771/9783748925590-457
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Forty and over the academic hill? Biological and academic age and the race for tenure

Jessica Ordemann,
Laura Naegele

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between age and attaining a tenured position in academia (postdoctoral researcher or professorship at a university of applied sciences or university). Following considerations about ageism towards doctoral graduates who were 40 years and older (40+) upon attaining a PhD and Robert K. Merton's idea of cumulative advantages in academic careers (Matthew Effect), we differentiate between biological and academic age. We test the relationships and the resources accumulated be… Show more

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