Table 7 The temporal and nature of multidisciplinary transitions on the placement of university faculty.

From: The multifaceted influence of multidisciplinary background on placement and academic progression of faculty

Variables

Placement Ranking

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Temporal Multidisciplinary Shifts

      

 the Undergraduate to Graduate Stage

−24.074***

−2.868

    
 

(2.84)

(4.63)

    

 the Graduate to Placement Stage

−12.470***

−8.547*

    
 

(3.28)

(4.90)

    

 Transitioned in both Stages

−7.191**

−4.580

    
 

(3.19)

(4.67)

    

Nature of Multidisciplinary Transition (the Undergraduate to Graduate Stage)

      

 Hard-Soft

  

76.365***

58.172***

  
   

(5.75)

(9.41)

  

 Pure-Applied

  

−31.209***

−4.255

  
   

(3.53)

(5.31)

  

 Nonlife-Life

  

−6.506*

−4.485

  
   

(3.92)

(5.95)

  

 Soft-Hard

  

11.722**

2.778

  
   

(5.12)

(7.49)

  

 Applied-Pure

  

42.099***

41.305***

  
   

(5.79)

(9.37)

  

 Life-Nonlife

  

54.291***

56.986***

  
   

(6.54)

(10.05)

  

Nature of Multidisciplinary Transition (the Graduate to Placement Stage)

      

 Hard-Soft

    

38.806***

18.954***

     

(4.20)

(6.35)

 Pure-Applied

    

−57.112***

−33.679***

     

(2.76)

(4.35)

 Nonlife-Life

    

46.697***

31.893***

     

(2.92)

(4.46)

 Soft-Hard

    

25.411***

17.594***

     

(3.92)

(6.21)

 Applied-Pure

    

82.693***

56.820***

     

(4.40)

(6.63)

 Life-Nonlife

    

94.177***

84.731***

     

(4.97)

(8.37)

Gender

 

8.857***

 

9.522***

 

8.565***

  

(2.98)

 

(2.98)

 

(2.97)

Academic Inbreeding

 

−31.494***

 

−32.620***

 

−32.970***

  

(3.50)

 

(3.50)

 

(3.49)

Academic Productivity

      

 Total Publications

 

0.091***

 

0.085***

 

0.086***

  

(0.03)

 

(0.03)

 

(0.03)

 Total Citations

 

−0.014***

 

−0.014***

 

−0.013***

  

(0.00)

 

(0.00)

 

(0.00)

Academic Influence

 

0.664

 

0.664

 

0.636

  

(0.47)

 

(0.47)

 

(0.46)

International Mobility

 

1.486

 

−1.054

 

−0.873

  

(3.61)

 

(3.62)

 

(3.61)

Constant

263.802***

227.468***

257.021***

223.147***

247.009***

217.643***

 

(1.15)

(5.08)

(1.04)

(5.01)

(1.12)

(5.01)

Observations

84,910

32,215

84,910

32,215

84,910

32,215

Adjusted R-squared

0.001

0.127

0.006

0.131

0.024

0.139

Title FE

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Country FE

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Year of Ph.D. Graduation FE

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

  1. OLS regressions. Robust standard errors in parentheses; ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.