Lone scholar or community member? The role of student networks in doctoral education in a UK management school
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4096640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Pilbeam (0000-0002-7281-4295, Cranfield University, corresponding author), David Denyer (0000-0002-7541-0835, Cranfield University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 301-318 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075070802597077 |
| OpenAlex | W2025795142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 41 |
Doctoral education in the UK embraces both independent self‐directed study and collective shared learning. The extent to which individual doctoral students remain isolated, or become integrated into a network of doctoral students, is a function of the attributes of the individual and the nature of the doctorate and its mode of delivery. Using the techniques of social network analysis, this cross‐sectional study investigated the extent of the connections between doctoral students, and the purposes these connections served amongst the doctoral community, comprising full‐time and part‐time PhD and Doctor of Business Administration students at Cranfield School of Management. The study shows that ties between students served multiple purposes. Generally students were connected to others studying in the same mode and who entered at the same time. Connectivity was unaffected by nationality or gender
Higher education · Immigration · Nationality · Pedagogy · Political science · Social capital · Social network analysis · Social science · Sociology · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Making social scientists, or not? Glimpses of the unmentionable in doctoral education
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Experiencing the progress report
Leveraging value in doctoral student networks through social capital
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Feeling like a researcher
Social network analysis
The Doctoral Experience
Social Network Analysis
Ties, Leaders, And Time In Teams
A Relational View of Information Seeking and Learning in Social Networks
A Future for Higher Education?
Network Centrality, Power, and Innovation Involvement
The Social Fabric of a Team-Based m.b.a. Program
Zooming In and Out
Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
In a Different Voice
Women's ways of knowing
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The Contingent Value of Social Capital
Gender differences in network relationships in academia
Academic Tribes and Territories
Legitimate peripheral participation and supervising Ph.D. students
Supervisor selection or allocation and continuity of supervision
Ties That Bind
New Variant PhD
Critical mass and doctoral research
Building a sense of community in a research master's course
Designs for network learning
The PhD and the Autonomous Self
Doctoral Students' Access to Research Cultures-are some more unequal than others
Situated Learning
Birds of a Feather
Social Capital
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |