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Action Research on Research Culture: Improving career development conversations

Abstract

The project is investigating how to best support career development conversations in academia. The project will test tools that could support career conversations by arranging for researchers to experience two different forms of development tool / experience (such as 360-degree feedback tool and career planning tool) and then asking them to provide a pairwise comparison. 
We will also explore researcher's perceptions and experience of the barriers to career development conversations. 

Aim

To produce a good practice guide that recommends both tools to support researchers in having useful conversations about their career development and approaches to overcome the barriers to the use of these tools.

Project Lead

Steven Wooding, Liz Simmonds
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8036-1054

URL

https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research/research-projects/research-culture/

Research Area(s)

Recruitment and retention; Research culture

Study Design(s)

Questionnaire, interview or observation study

Data Collection Method(s)

Qualitative

Participant(s)

Researchers

Status

Active

Expected completion date: August 31, 2025

Stage

Protocol development

Study Funding/Support

Study funded through a grant

Other(s): Additional support is being provided from internal University resources.

Dissemination Activity/Activities

Conferences; Publications (all types); Seminars or workshops; Stakeholder engagement