The Influence of Mentorship on Research Productivity in Oncology

Riechelmann, Rachel P.; Townsley, Carol; Pond, Gregory R.; Siu, Lillian L.

doi:10.1097/coc.0b013e31805c13f0

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“…In terms of the associations between mentorship and the career outcomes we investigated, unlike evidence from previous literature (e.g., Allen et al, 2018;Illes et al, 2000;Levinson et al, 1991;Riechelmann et al, 2007), we did not find a positive association between mentorship and research productivity or job satisfaction. Rather, we found mentorship to be associated with higher salaries, holding all other factors in the model constant.…”

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“…Palepu et al (1998) found that medical faculty who had a mentor have higher self-ratings on their research preparation and research skills relative to medical faculty without a mentor. While the majority of studies have suggested positive associations between mentorship and productivity, there are some exceptions (e.g., Riechelmann et al, 2007). Using a survey sample consisting of 339 oncologists and a linear regression approach, Riechelmann et al (2007) found that mentorship is not associated with a higher number of self-reported publications or on becoming a principal investigator.…”

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Faculty Mentorship and Research Productivity, Salary, and Job Satisfaction

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

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Studies have shown that mentorship is critical to the career and professional development of workers, including postsecondary faculty. Evidence from the literature on faculty-to-faculty mentorship has generally come from the medical field and/or focused only on the academic institution where the study was conducted. This study extends the literature by examining data reported by faculty across multiple institutions and fields in the Early Career Doctorates Survey (ECDS). Guided by a theoretical framework adapted from Higgins and Kram (2001), multiple linear regression models are applied to investigate which factors are associated with faculty attainment of mentorship, and how mentorship of faculty is associated with faculty productivity, salary, and job satisfaction. In contrast to previous literature, results indicate that women and men have similar likelihood of reporting having a formal/informal mentor, and that Black/African American faculty are more likely to report having a formal/informal mentor compared to White faculty. Furthermore, receiving mentorship does not appear to be associated with increased productivity or job satisfaction, but is associated with a 10% higher salary among faculty who reported having a mentor. These results, however, are limited to observable outcomes in the ECDS, and the benefits to mentoring may extend beyond those, including well-being, sense of belonging, and other variables not measured in the dataset. Overall, research findings contribute to existing efforts and ongoing conversations on faculty mentorship by offering additional evidence from a nationally representative sample, providing a benchmark for academic institutions to evaluate their professional development programs for faculty.

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Faculty Mentorship and Research Productivity, Salary, and Job Satisfaction

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“…Furthermore, citation and publication analyses by geographic region are also seen occasionally [28]. As has been seen in other specialties [3,11,[29][30][31], it is a reasonable pursuit to attempt to derive comparative measures of scientific productivity at the institutional and departmental levels as well.…”

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“…Consequently, the institutional constructs that define academia have developed to provide a specific infrastructure for scientific efforts [2]. Academic or scientific disciplines such as radiation oncology have a distinct scientific culture that determines, corporately, what paradigms or scientific claims are accepted as valid [3]. Academicians themselves are also often able to describe specific institutional or even departmental subcultures of note.…”

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