Many Roads to Success: Broadening Our Views of Academic Career Paths and Advice

Beth Livingston; Jamie L. Gloor; A. K. Ward; Allison S. Gabriel; Joanna T. Campbell; Emily Block; Dorothy Carter; Kimberly A. French; Rachel Frieder; Annika Hillebrandt; Jia Hu; Kristen P. Jones; Dana L. Joseph; Nina M. Junker; Ashley Mandeville; Sarah M.G. Otner; Amanda S. Patel; Samantha Paustian-Underdahl; Manuela Priesemuth; Kristen M. Shockley; Mindy Shoss

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Many Roads to Success: Broadening Our Views of Academic Career Paths and Advice

Beth Livingston, Jamie L. Gloor, A. K. Ward, Allison S. Gabriel, Joanna T. Campbell, Emily Block, Dorothy Carter, Kimberly A. French, Rachel Frieder, Annika Hillebrandt, Jia Hu, Kristen P. Jones, Dana L. Joseph, Nina M. Junker, Ashley Mandeville, Sarah M.G. Otner, Amanda S. Patel, Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, Manuela Priesemuth, Kristen M. ShockleyMindy Shoss

Management and Organizations

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Abstract

Advice is often given to junior scholars in the field of organization science to ostensibly facilitate their career success. In this commentary, we discuss insights from 19 elite scholars (i.e., Fellows and top journal editors) about the advice they received–and, often, did not follow–throughout their careers. We highlight some of the pitfalls from the current, all-too-common, and often singular advice given to junior scholars while also adding necessary nuance to the requirements to achieve success in our field. We conclude with advice on how to give better advice, thereby more equitably encouraging a new generation of increasingly diverse researchers and future professors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1186-1197
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Management
Volume	50
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241231505
State	Published - Apr 2024

Keywords

knowledge transfer/replication
open science (e.g., transparency in research practices)
research design
research methods

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Finance
Strategy and Management

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Livingston, B., Gloor, J. L., Ward, A. K., Gabriel, A. S., Campbell, J. T., Block, E., Carter, D., French, K. A., Frieder, R., Hillebrandt, A., Hu, J., Jones, K. P., Joseph, D. L., Junker, N. M., Mandeville, A., Otner, S. M. G., Patel, A. S., Paustian-Underdahl, S., Priesemuth, M., ... Shoss, M. (2024). Many Roads to Success: Broadening Our Views of Academic Career Paths and Advice. Journal of Management, 50(4), 1186-1197. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241231505

Livingston, B, Gloor, JL, Ward, AK, Gabriel, AS, Campbell, JT, Block, E, Carter, D, French, KA, Frieder, R, Hillebrandt, A, Hu, J, Jones, KP, Joseph, DL, Junker, NM, Mandeville, A, Otner, SMG, Patel, AS, Paustian-Underdahl, S, Priesemuth, M, Shockley, KM & Shoss, M 2024, 'Many Roads to Success: Broadening Our Views of Academic Career Paths and Advice', Journal of Management, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1186-1197. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241231505

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