Bienestar mental de los doctorandos e investigadores posdoctorales en Economía, Administración de Empresas y Estadística

Sergio A. Berumen; Petra Hegemann

doi:10.24310/recta.26.1.2025.20831

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Sergio A. Berumen King Juan Carlos University Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-9955
Petra Hegemann Jubilada de Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Germany https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0175-6582

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https://doi.org/10.24310/recta.26.1.2025.20831

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well-being, motivation, satisfaction, qualitative research, structured interviews

Abstract

This research is justified in the need to delve into the complex process through which the education of academics and scientists goes. This qualitative research consists of two complementary studies based on the evaluations of 42 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers of six public universities in Madrid, Spain, in Economics, Business Administration, and in Statistics. The interviews were held during the 2021 to 2024 academic years, each time in two specific stages. The first one was focused on motivation and satisfaction, and the second one, was on the assessment of mental well-being. From the information obtained, the objective became to identify the underlying relation between the variables considered. The responses were studied through the structured interview method. This research is a diagnosis, a first step from which to develop strategies to enhance motivation and satisfaction, as well as mechanisms to anticipate mental well-being problems.

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