SCIENTIST ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY ORIENTATIONS
SCIENTIST ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY ORIENTATIONS

Summary/Abstract: Researchers' professional pathways can becharacterized by the multidimensionality of decisions andinternal reasons for them. That is why we asked ourselvesa question relevant to this problem: Do scientists havedifferent identity orientations in organizational scientific professions?We prepared an EDA (exploratory data analysis) onlinequestionnaire (n=109). The target respondents consistedof scientists with the Polish academic scientific titles of dr,dr hab., Professor Assistant, Professor. We have developed ameasuring instrument for the various model constructs byadapting validated questionnaires established inmanagement and cognitive psychology. Pioneeringtypology grid was created: six types of scientistorganizational identity orientations – prestige, economic,carrier, science, power and human variables. The resultsof the analysis were statistically significant for the“science” variable. Scientists in the field of humanitiesachieved significantly higher results on the “science”orientation scale than those involved in social sciences.The results of the analysis were also statistically significantfor the “power” variable. The results of the analysis werealso statistically significant for the “power” variable,although the group of 31-40-year-olds achieved lowerscores than the group of respondents aged 51 and over.The results, therefore, reflect the importance of fields andage differences in organizational meanings scientists'identity orientations.

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