TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of research collaboration cosmopolitanism on job satisfaction
AU - Jung, Jiwon
AU - Bozeman, Barry
AU - Gaughan, Monica
N1 - Funding Information:
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2016 meeting of the 21st International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators in Valencia, Spain, September 14–16, 2016. The research is supported by the National Science Foundation (grant #NSCE-1537879 ; B. Bozeman, PI and M. Gaughan, co-PI), Cosmopolitan collaboration among STEM women and minorities.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - The concept of collaboration cosmopolitanism has referred to the institutional and geographic distance characteristics of academic researchers’ collaboration patterns. We study the effect of collaboration cosmopolitanism on doctoral level research personnel working in different sectors–government, industry, and academia. The study examines the impact of collaboration cosmopolitanism on an important aspect of career success: job satisfaction. We employ the 2006 and 2010 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) collected by the US National Science Foundation to evaluate the cross-sectional and longitudinal effect of collaboration cosmopolitanism on job satisfaction. We are particularly interested in doctoral level researchers’ job satisfaction related to sector of employment while controlling for demographic and work characteristics such as gender, minority status, salary, and work hours. Findings suggest that scientists working at a higher level of collaboration cosmopolitanism tend to report a higher level of job satisfaction. Furthermore, we find that academic scientists are more satisfied than those working in industry. This finding holds in the longitudinal model—industry scientists are less satisfied—but we find that over time, government scientists are more satisfied than academic scientists, and much more satisfied than industry scientists.
AB - The concept of collaboration cosmopolitanism has referred to the institutional and geographic distance characteristics of academic researchers’ collaboration patterns. We study the effect of collaboration cosmopolitanism on doctoral level research personnel working in different sectors–government, industry, and academia. The study examines the impact of collaboration cosmopolitanism on an important aspect of career success: job satisfaction. We employ the 2006 and 2010 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) collected by the US National Science Foundation to evaluate the cross-sectional and longitudinal effect of collaboration cosmopolitanism on job satisfaction. We are particularly interested in doctoral level researchers’ job satisfaction related to sector of employment while controlling for demographic and work characteristics such as gender, minority status, salary, and work hours. Findings suggest that scientists working at a higher level of collaboration cosmopolitanism tend to report a higher level of job satisfaction. Furthermore, we find that academic scientists are more satisfied than those working in industry. This finding holds in the longitudinal model—industry scientists are less satisfied—but we find that over time, government scientists are more satisfied than academic scientists, and much more satisfied than industry scientists.
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - Research collaboration
KW - Scientific careers
KW - Scientific employment sectors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.respol.2017.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.respol.2017.09.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029619323
SN - 0048-7333
VL - 46
SP - 1863
EP - 1872
JO - Research Policy
JF - Research Policy
IS - 10
ER -