TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe organisational strategies that support early career researchers in building a successful track record which can lead to a successful academic research career.Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on more than a decade of experience designing, implementing and evaluating professional development programmes for early career researchers in universities.Findings If an early career researcher is to achieve long-term success, the first five years after graduating with a doctorate are critical in establishing long-term career success. Professional development programmes for early career researchers are more successful if they are supported by organisational strategies around workload, performance management and accountability.Originality/value If implemented, these organisational strategies can assist early career researchers to build a successful track record, which can lead to a successful research career and contribute towards increasing aggregate institutional research performance for universities.
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SN  - 2048-8696
DO  - 10.1108/IJRD-11-2015-0031
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJRD-11-2015-0031
AU  - Browning Lynette
AU  - Thompson Kirrilly
AU  - Dawson Drew
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - It takes a village to raise an ECR: Organisational strategies for building successful academic research careers
T2  - International Journal for Researcher Development
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 192
EP  - 197
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -