Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 1 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
| Age Discrimination | 1 |
| Aging (Individuals) | 1 |
| Anxiety | 1 |
| Career Development | 1 |
| Doctoral Students | 1 |
| Expectation | 1 |
| Foreign Countries | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Occupational Aspiration | 1 |
| Student Attitudes | 1 |
| Success | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Higher Education: The… | 1 |
Author
| Huan Li | 1 |
| Hugo Horta | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkHugo Horta; Huan Li – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
This paper employs the notion of a "career script" as a conceptual basis to examine how age-based academic career norms are internalized, strategized, and reproduced among PhD students aspiring to become academics. It draws on interviews with 70 PhD students at leading universities in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau that were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Occupational Aspiration, Student Attitudes
