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Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University / Visiting Researcher, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of TokyoSotaro Shibayama, Professor
A research paper from Prof. Sotaro Shibayama’s group published at “Higher Education”
Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University / Visiting Researcher, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of TokyoSotaro Shibayama, Professor
Ph.D. training is an important mechanism for developing scientists who will serve our knowledge-based society. Because the quality of students who join Ph.D. programs significantly impacts the outcome of Ph.D. training, students’ career choices at this initial stage—whether to proceed to Ph.D. or not—are of crucial interest. This study investigates how students’ attributes and the local lab environment influence their career choices using a unique empirical design in the Japanese graduate education context. The results show that students with high scientific abilities are more likely to proceed to Ph.D., and that students are more likely to proceed to Ph.D. if the lab has a favorable local environment for research and for training. Importantly, the findings suggest that students’ abilities and local environments interactively shape their career choices. In particular, high-ability students are drawn to local environments with high training capacities, whereas low-ability students are attracted to local environments with high research capacities.
Research title：
Determinants of Ph.D. progression: student’s abilities and lab local environment
Joint Researchers：
Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi & Sotaro Shibayama
Journal：
Higher Education
Published: September 29, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00925-6
Contact:
Sotaro Shibayama
Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
https://sotaroshibayama.weebly.com