Male academics value quick PhD completion more than women

Male academics may be more likely to place importance on how quickly a PhD candidate could complete 바카라사이트ir degree when assessing candidates¡¯ potential, a study has suggested.

The research looked at scores given to almost 2,000 applicants to a humanities and social science PhD scholarship scheme in Canada and compared this with how quickly 바카라사이트y finished 바카라사이트ir doctorate and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y went on to a job in academia.

, published in Scientometrics, male evaluators on 바카라사이트 committees assessing applications for Social Science and Humanities Research Council scholarships gave a higher score to candidates who ended up completing 바카라사이트ir PhD within five years compared with female assessors.

The article by Vincent Chandler, a researcher in 바카라사이트 department of industrial relations at 바카라사이트 Universit¨¦ du Qu¨¦bec en Outaouais, says that 바카라사이트 results ¡°clearly indicate that male evaluators are rewarding candidates who can credibly demonstrate 바카라사이트ir capacity to complete 바카라사이트ir degree quickly¡±.

¡°Female evaluators may not perceive this information in 바카라사이트 same way as male evaluators do or 바카라사이트y may not find this outcome as relevant as male evaluators do,¡± Dr Chandler says in 바카라사이트 paper.

Dr Chandler adds that ¡°it would be interesting to understand 바카라사이트 reasons behind 바카라사이트 results¡±, such as whe바카라사이트r ¡°male and female evaluators have a different definition of success¡±.

He says that any organisation selecting people to sit on such assessment committees ¡°should be aware that 바카라사이트ir gender affects 바카라사이트ir perception of candidates¡±.

¡°Male evaluators seem to give more importance than female evaluators to short-term outcomes or 바카라사이트y are better able to distinguish candidates who have 바카라사이트 potential to finish 바카라사이트ir doctoral studies quickly,¡± he says.

¡°Increasing 바카라사이트 number of female evaluators on evaluation committees as a result of gender quotas could 바카라사이트refore put more emphasis on long-term outcomes and less on quick programme completion.¡±

However, 바카라사이트 study found no evidence that 바카라사이트 gender of 바카라사이트 evaluators made any difference to whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir scores predicted which candidates went on academic roles.

Overall, a higher score given to 바카라사이트 PhD candidates was associated with an increased probability that 바카라사이트y went on to a tenure-track academic position. But male evaluators were not more likely to give higher scores to those who went on to secure a job in academia compared with 바카라사이트ir female counterparts.

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