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Becoming a Scientist: The Effects of Work-Group Size and Organizational Climate
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Louis, Karen Seashore; Holdsworth, Janet M.; Anderson, Melissa S.; Campbell, Eric G. – Journal of Higher Education, 2007
The purpose of this article is to explore the effects of organizational and work-group characteristics on the socialization of new scientists. It focuses on the experiences of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in science. The authors chose to look at outcomes that reflect behaviors (early productivity) and attitudes (willingness to share…
Descriptors: Scientists, Socialization, Organization Size (Groups), Organizational Climate
Institutional Control of Faculty Research: Issues Emerging in the Academic Environment. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.
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Anderson, Melissa S.; Louis, Karen Seashore – 1989
Changes in the institutional control of faculty behavior are examined, stressing that such control includes not only control by a faculty member's own university, but also, increasingly, regulation and other influences exerted by institutions outside the university. The review of the literature focuses on ways in which changes in the external…
Descriptors: Behavior, College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education
Collaboration, the Doctoral Experience, and the Departmental Environment.
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Anderson, Melissa S. – Review of Higher Education, 1996
A study examined department-level effects of collaboration in graduate programs on students' doctoral experiences and the broader departmental environment. Analysis is based on survey responses of over 2,400 doctoral students and faculty from 98 research universities. Results suggest clearly salutary effects of a collaborative context on doctoral…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Departments, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
Disciplinary and Departmental Effects on Observations of Faculty and Graduate Student Misconduct.
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Anderson, Melissa S.; And Others – Journal of Higher Education, 1994
A study of 1,261 doctoral students in chemistry, civil engineering, microbiology, and sociology investigated student experiences with research, employment, and personal misconduct in academic departments, including the effects of departmental structure, department climate, and academic discipline. No disciplinary differences were found, but…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Comparative Analysis
The Graduate Student Experience and Subscription to the Norms of Science.
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Anderson, Melissa S.; Louis, Karen Seashore – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated the effects of graduate department structure, department climate, and mentoring experiences on 1,363 doctoral students' subscription to traditional norms of science and to alternative counternorms in 4 disciplines: chemistry, civil engineering, microbiology, and sociology. Substantial ambivalence about traditional norms was…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Behavior Standards, Beliefs, Chemistry
Reflections on the Graduate Student Experience: An Overview.
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Anderson, Melissa S.; Swazey, Judith P. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1998
A 1989 survey of over 1,400 doctoral students in chemistry, engineering, microbiology, and sociology at major research universities elicited perceptions of the graduate experience, faculty, departments, academic work, and prospective careers. Findings suggest greater attention should be given to supervision and training of teaching/research…
Descriptors: Careers, Chemistry, College Environment, College Faculty