Retaining Scholarly Voices for the Profession: Doctoral Graduates as Agentic Constructors of Scholarship
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https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.115.17027Keywords:
Agency, Identity Trajectory, Scholarly Identity, Academic Engagement, Post-doctorate Challenges, Agentic ConstructionAbstract
This qualitative study explored the exercise of academic identity and agency of five doctoral graduates. Each participant received a doctorate from programs that focus on the production of new knowledge after the degree is attained. The study yielded four emerging themes: Importance of Academic Community to Scholarly Engagement, Challenges of Post-Doctoral Life , Challenges to the Exercise of Scholarly Agency, and Need for Collaboration and Mentorship Opportunities, which precipitated the development of a new paradigm, Fillman’s Hierarchy of Agentic Construction.
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