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Postgraduate scientists and R&D: the role of reputation in organisational choice

Postgraduate scientists and R&D: the role of reputation in organisational choice This paper reports on a series of interviews with postgraduate scientists in a number of UK universities. The interviews were designed to investigate the attitude of young scientists to employment in the pharmaceutical industry. The sample consisted of postgraduates in the biological sciences and included a broad cross‐section of universities. The primary objective was to ascertain each student's ideal employer and to establish the role organisational reputation played in that choice. Students not intending to seek employment in commercial R&D were asked to explain why they had made that decision. The research established that knowledge of potential employers in the pharmaceutical industry was concentrated on two major companies, ICI and Glaxo. Students not considering the pharmaceutical industry indicated that lack of academic freedom was their major concern. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png R & D Management Wiley

Postgraduate scientists and R&D: the role of reputation in organisational choice

R & D Management , Volume 22 (4) – Oct 1, 1992

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0033-6807
eISSN
1467-9310
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9310.1992.tb01205.x
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Abstract

This paper reports on a series of interviews with postgraduate scientists in a number of UK universities. The interviews were designed to investigate the attitude of young scientists to employment in the pharmaceutical industry. The sample consisted of postgraduates in the biological sciences and included a broad cross‐section of universities. The primary objective was to ascertain each student's ideal employer and to establish the role organisational reputation played in that choice. Students not intending to seek employment in commercial R&D were asked to explain why they had made that decision. The research established that knowledge of potential employers in the pharmaceutical industry was concentrated on two major companies, ICI and Glaxo. Students not considering the pharmaceutical industry indicated that lack of academic freedom was their major concern.

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R & D ManagementWiley

Published: Oct 1, 1992

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