Careers and mobility of researchers in social and human sciences: A different path?

Journal title WELFARE E ERGONOMIA
Author/s Lucio Morettini, Emanuela Reale, Antonio Zinilli
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2019/1
Language Italian Pages 16 P. 123-138 File size 291 KB
DOI 10.3280/WE2019-001011
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The paper explores the development of the career trajectories of PhDs in Social Sciences and Humanities, analyzing them from two complementary points of view: first, we analyze the el-ements that can influence the variability of the entire career in terms of mobility between sec-tors and between countries, in the second part we consider the individual career steps and the determinants that favor the passage between different jobs.

Keywords: Career mobility, PhD, career trajectories, research career, segmentation, flexibility.

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Lucio Morettini, Emanuela Reale, Antonio Zinilli, Carriere e mobilità dei ricercatori nelle scienze sociali e umane: un percorso differente? in "WELFARE E ERGONOMIA" 1/2019, pp 123-138, DOI: 10.3280/WE2019-001011