DOI: 10.1177/01492063241231505 ISSN: 0149-2063
Many Roads to Success: Broadening Our Views of Academic Career Paths and Advice
Beth Livingston, Jamie L. Gloor, A. K. Ward, Allison S. Gabriel, Joanna T. Campbell, Emily Block, Dorothy Carter, Kimberly A. French, Rachel Frieder, Annika Hillebrandt, Jia (Jasmine) Hu, Kristen P. Jones, Dana L. Joseph, Nina M. Junker, Ashley Mandeville, Sarah M. G. Otner, Amanda S. Patel, Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, Manuela Priesemuth, Kristen M. Shockley, Mindy Shoss- Strategy and Management
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Advice is often given to junior scholars in the field of organization science to ostensibly facilitate their career success. In this commentary, we discuss insights from 19 elite scholars (i.e., Fellows and top journal editors) about the advice they received–and, often, did not follow–throughout their careers. We highlight some of the pitfalls from the current, all-too-common, and often singular advice given to junior scholars while also adding necessary nuance to the requirements to achieve success in our field. We conclude with advice on how to give better advice, thereby more equitably encouraging a new generation of increasingly diverse researchers and future professors.