Leveraging Value in Doctoral Student Networks through Social Capital

Autor/inn/en	Pilbeam, Colin; Lloyd-Jones, Gaynor; Denyer, David
Titel	Leveraging Value in Doctoral Student Networks through Social Capital
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 38 (2013) 10, S.1472-1489 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2011.636800
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Doctoral Programs; Social Networks; Social Capital; Barriers; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Informal Education; Student Attitudes; Semi Structured Interviews; Management Development; Business Administration Education; Skill Development; Benchmarking; Network Analysis; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Doktorandenprogramm; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Sozialkapital; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Netzplantechnik; Großbritannien
Abstract	UK higher education policy relating to doctoral-level education assumes that student networks provide the basis for informal learning and the acquisition of necessary skills and information. Through semi-structured interviews with 17 doctoral students from a UK management school, this study investigated the value of these networks to students, the facilitators and barriers to network formation, and the causes of network formation and demise. Networks provided three opportunities: academic discussion, benchmarking progress and personal support. Networking was perceived to be most valuable when conducted face to face. Loss of formal structures and increasing independence of research projects over time contributed to network fragmentation. Network cohesion was enabled by "physical presence", "shared experience" and a sense of "common purpose". Suggestions for the development of structures to support cohesive doctoral networks are made. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10