Assessing applicants for PhD-positions: How to pick the right one?
(2014) LTH:s 8:e pedagogiska inspirationskonferens, 2014 In Pedagogiska inspirationskonferensen LTH 8.- Abstract
- This study focuses on the assessment and
selection of applicants for doctoral positions. The empirical
data was gathered through a survey among faculty staff at
Lund University, Sweden. The findings are also contrasted
against the literature within the subject area, which is
surprisingly scarce. One interesting finding of the survey is the
frequent use of interviews and infrequent use of other
assessment methods, such as personality tests or tasks, to assess
applicants. Further, interviews are believed by the respondents
to have a high predictive value on the applicants’ performance
in a doctoral program, despite doubts in the literature.... (More) - This study focuses on the assessment and
selection of applicants for doctoral positions. The empirical
data was gathered through a survey among faculty staff at
Lund University, Sweden. The findings are also contrasted
against the literature within the subject area, which is
surprisingly scarce. One interesting finding of the survey is the
frequent use of interviews and infrequent use of other
assessment methods, such as personality tests or tasks, to assess
applicants. Further, interviews are believed by the respondents
to have a high predictive value on the applicants’ performance
in a doctoral program, despite doubts in the literature. These
results seem to be in contrast with the experience and common
practice outside academia. This might be attributed to the fact
that all doctoral recruitments are carried out by supervisors
and co-supervisors, who are usually not professionally trained
in assessing and selecting applicants - (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Jonas LU ; Benediktsson, Ivar Örn LU and Husted, Bjarne LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Assessing, Recruiting, Selecting, Survey, PhD, Doctoral, Graduate, Student, Higher Education
- categories
- Higher Education
- host publication
- 8:e Pedagogiska Inspirationskonferensen 2014
- series title
- Pedagogiska inspirationskonferensen LTH
- volume
- 8
- publisher
- Lund University
- conference name
- LTH:s 8:e pedagogiska inspirationskonferens, 2014
- conference location
- Lund, Sweden
- conference dates
- 2014-12-17 - 2014-12-17
- ISSN
- 2003-3761
- 2003-377X
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 156eef06-e221-40f4-b89a-fed59037d1ff (old id 8053685)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 13:15:01
- date last changed
- 2019-12-16 09:45:19
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abstract = {{This study focuses on the assessment and<br/><br>
selection of applicants for doctoral positions. The empirical<br/><br>
data was gathered through a survey among faculty staff at<br/><br>
Lund University, Sweden. The findings are also contrasted<br/><br>
against the literature within the subject area, which is<br/><br>
surprisingly scarce. One interesting finding of the survey is the<br/><br>
frequent use of interviews and infrequent use of other<br/><br>
assessment methods, such as personality tests or tasks, to assess<br/><br>
applicants. Further, interviews are believed by the respondents<br/><br>
to have a high predictive value on the applicants’ performance<br/><br>
in a doctoral program, despite doubts in the literature. These<br/><br>
results seem to be in contrast with the experience and common<br/><br>
practice outside academia. This might be attributed to the fact<br/><br>
that all doctoral recruitments are carried out by supervisors<br/><br>
and co-supervisors, who are usually not professionally trained<br/><br>
in assessing and selecting applicants -}},
author = {{Johansson, Jonas and Benediktsson, Ivar Örn and Husted, Bjarne}},
booktitle = {{8:e Pedagogiska Inspirationskonferensen 2014}},
issn = {{2003-3761}},
keywords = {{Assessing; Recruiting; Selecting; Survey; PhD; Doctoral; Graduate; Student; Higher Education}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{Lund University}},
series = {{Pedagogiska inspirationskonferensen LTH}},
title = {{Assessing applicants for PhD-positions: How to pick the right one?}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/73187052/8053698.pdf}},
volume = {{8}},
year = {{2014}},
}