Dan Liu
Academic Career Development of Chinese Returnees With Overseas Ph.D. Degrees: A Bioecological Development Perspective
Liu, Dan; Xu, Yuwei; Zhao, Tongtong; Che, Siqi
Abstract
This study uses the bioecological model of human development to understand the academic career development of Chinese returnees with overseas Ph.D. degrees (CROPs). Focuses are placed on how CROPs engaged in this process through interactions with contexts, which lead to their differentiated and similar career development in Chinese higher education. Using a qualitative approach of semi-structured interviews with 31 CROPs, our findings reveal that CROPs’ academic career development is co-shaped by personal characteristics and multi-layered environmental contexts. The study highlights the dysfunctionality of Chinese higher education system in the context of China’s ambition to build First-class Universities and First-class Subjects (Double First-class), which constrains CROPs’ academic career development. The paper offers important implications for potential CROPs, policy, and future research studies.
Citation
Liu, D., Xu, Y., Zhao, T., & Che, S. (2022). Academic Career Development of Chinese Returnees With Overseas Ph.D. Degrees: A Bioecological Development Perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 859240. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.859240
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Mar 22, 2022 |
| Online Publication Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Publication Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Deposit Date | Mar 22, 2022 |
| Publicly Available Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Electronic ISSN | 1664-1078 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 13 |
| Article Number | 859240 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.859240 |
| Keywords | General Psychology |
| Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7644933 |
| Publisher URL | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.859240/full |
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