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Network Effects in the Academic Market: Mechanisms for Hiring and Placing PhDs in Communication (2007-2014)
Ist Teil von
Journal of communication, 2015-06, Vol.65 (3), p.558-583
Ort / Verlag
Hoboken, USA: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2015
Quelle
Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete
Beschreibungen/Notizen
We analyze hiring and placement dynamics across communication PhD programs using data collected in 2014. We assess changes compared to data collected in 2007, and identify factors that underlie the formation of recruitment ties. Our findings challenge prior conclusions that faculty‐hiring patterns offer a proxy to the quality of doctoral education. Instead, we find evidence that the recruitment network results from interorganizational dynamics likely to emerge from faculty mobility; these dynamics, endogenous to the network, manifest in the form of reciprocity, transitivity, and cumulative advantage. Once we control for these characteristics, exogenous factors such as institutional prestige, faculty seniority, and reputational rankings modestly drive the creation of recruitment ties—appearing as secondary forces in the formation of faculty‐hiring networks.