R&D Personnel Career Routes: An Exploratory Study

• Autores: Barbara Biglia, Alberto Ivo Dormio
• Localización: Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, ISSN-e 0718-2724, Vol. 4, Nº. 1, 2009, págs. 8-21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study, aiming at investigate the alternative modes of career development for personnel belonging to R&D staff, addresses the extent to which career anchors are applicable to R&D staff and to examine the relationship among career anchors, gender and age, with the final purpose to add elements of discussion to the long-lasting debate about this matter. With this purpose in mind, we developed a questionnaire survey among 309 R&D personnel employed at firms belonging to the food machinery industry in a Northern Italy district. The results obtained from the statistical analysis indicate that the R&D personnel�s career orientations is a predictor of their career routes preferences, confirming three possible career routes in R&D labs that were highlighted in previous studies.