The research paper intends to interpret how the three forms of family capital viz. family’s financial capital, family’s man power capital and family’s human capital influences the career choice intention of students of HEI’s of Uttarakhand, India. Additionally the study also evaluates the impact of student’s individual social capital on his career intent. This is a quantitative study conducted ...

BACKGROUND Interest in both general surgery and surgical subspecialties has been declining among Canadian medical students. Studies have shown that a student's desire to practise surgery is largely determined before entry into medical school. As part of a larger study of students' career preferences throughout medical school, we sought to identify the level of interest in surgical careers and t...

Purpose Going further on a broad understanding of nonwork besides family, this study aims to analyze differences between women and men considering work-nonwork conflict (WNWC) in the Brazilian context, investigating time spent eight dimensions more affected. Design/methodology/approach The was quantitative descriptive. A survey conducted, based validated WNWC scale. sample consisted 338 profess...

OBJECTIVES Performing 'good work' in either neurosurgery or neuroscience alone is a challenge. Despite this, a large number of neurosurgeons divide their careers between the two fields, and attempt to excel in both arenas simultaneously. The purpose of this study is to explore perceptions on whether it is possible to do good work in both neurosurgery and research simultaneously, or whether one ...

Scholars partly attribute the low number of women in academic science to the impact of the science career on family life. Yet, the picture of how men and women in science--at different points in the career trajectory--compare in their perceptions of this impact is incomplete. In particular, we know little about the perceptions and experiences of junior and senior scientists at top universities,...

The importance of role models in medicaleducation cannot be understated. Theyallow for professional development, aid in careermotivation and inspire and educate throughexample. Unfortunately, I cannot admit knowingmore than three female role models throughoutmy time at medical school, and now as a finalyear student, I am more disappointed than everfor this deficit.My admiration and respect for ...