BİLİMSEL BİLGİLERİN ÜRETİLME SÜRECİ: AKADEMİSYENLER ARASINDAKİ İNFORMAL YAPILAR

Authors : Alpaslan Şahinoğlu, Faik Özgür Karataş, Tolga Saka

Pages : 21-36

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Publication Date : 2016-12-30

Article Type : Research

Abstract :T h e a i m o f t h is s t u d y i s to i n v est i g ate t h e i n f o r m al r elati on sh i p s t h a t a r e e ff e c t i v e in m a k i n g d e c i s i on s a bo u t c ar e e r a n d s cie n ti f ic w o r k o f a c a d e m ici a n s w h o w or k in o u r un i v e r s i tie s . F o r t h e r e a lizati o n o f t h is s t u d y , s e m i - s tr u c t u r ed i n te r v i e w f or m w a s us e d , i n te r v i e w s w e r e do n e w i t h t o tal l y 1 7 a c a d e m icia n s w h o w as c h o s en f r o m 6 d if f e r e n t f a c u lties a n d t h ese i n te rv i e w s w e r e t a k en v o ice r e cord i ng . F o r t h e r ele v a n t s a m p le, a c a d e m ici a n s w or k i n g a r e a s , h ie r a r c h ical d i v e r s i t y a n d g e n d er d i v e r s i t y w e r e c o ns i d e r e d . T h e o b tai n ed r a w d ata w a s i nv e s t i g ated  w i th   c o n t e n t  a n a l ys i s .   A s   a   r e s u lt   o f  a n a l y s i s ,  t h e   m o s t   i m por t a n t  f a c t o r   to   d ete r m i n e  o f a c a d e m icia n s w o r k i n g a r e a s w e r e f ou n d to b e a d v i s or . At t h e s a m e t i m e, f a m i l y a n d s o cial e nv ir on m e n t o f a c a d e m icia n s h a v e also c o n c l u d ed t h at p l a y s a ro le in d e c i s i o n s r elat e d to t h eir a c a d e m ic c a r e er s .
Keywords : Academician, Social Network, Informal Academic Structure, University, Sociology of Science