Study about Professional Mobility, Satisfaction and Leadership in Academic-scientific Organizations | Chapter 4 | Emerging Trends in Disease and Health Research Vol. 8

Social and organisational psychology has been the focus of this study project. Our goal is to examine the variables that affect the levels of pleasure and success attained by persons who work for scientific organisations and how they relate to career mobility [1]. Objectives: To determine whether there is a link between professional mobility and overall job satisfaction, without making a distinction between hard and soft sciences (disciplinary fields); to examine the association between human factors (psychosocial factors or other existing variables) and professional mobility seen among researchers from different fields ("hard" or "soft" sciences); and to examine the "disciplinary homogenization" (systems of beliefs, norms, and practises). Expectations and values, which vary by field—"hard" or "soft" sciences—associated with socialisation and traditions—are linked to a different level of satisfaction depending on the different psychosocial issues addressed (working environment, perceptions of their jobs, power and influence, research work organisation, among others); iv) Understand the role of the leader (units' director or chief) in academic units of research and the management of research projects; N=355 UID - Research & Development Units, a population of educators from the Cuyo region From universities and various specialities, a stratified sample was collected (5 percent error margin). The research faculty at the time consisted of one leader or director, members, and 53 research units from the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. Quantitative techniques were used (two questionnaires). The results show that researchers' levels of happiness vary according to their academic specialisations and career mobility. Researchers, across all disciplines, exhibit a broad feeling of satisfaction in terms of leadership and career mobility.

Author(s) Details:

Miriam Aparicio,
National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.

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