PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Li, Yanyan
AU  - Poláchová Vašťatková, Jana
TI  - The Role of Doctoral Study in the Professional Path of Academics
DP  - 2014 Apr 1
TA  - e-Pedagogium
PG  - 69--81
VI  - 14
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/epd.2014.019
IS  - 12137758
AB  - To prepare the next generation of academics is considered the primary function of doctoral education. This study attempts to identify the role of doctoral study on the path of academics. The data were collected by the in-depth interview of Ph.D. graduates who had achieved their doctor degree of education successfully at Palacký University Olomouc in the past decade. The life stories of seven interviewees were included in analyzing by coding process. Six categories were generalized under three themes based on the grounded theory.