Nowadays,many PhD graduates have started seeking employment beyond academia,due to the expanding doctoral edu-cation,changing labor market,as well as emergence of new modes of knowledge production.By conducting a semi-structured inter-view with 35 doctoral supervisors and 21 supervisees(i.e.PhD candidates)at a research university in China,this study is to ex-plore,from a Role Theory perspective,the perception of different stakeholders about the core competencies of PhDs facing diverse career paths.It has been found that there remains a mismatch between our current model of doctoral training and diverse career paths confronting PhD graduates:doctoral supervisors tend to focus more on academic excellence,while superviees are more concerned about their employability.To fix the above-mentioned mismatch,we need to transform our model of doctor training via redefining the core competencies of PhDs.To be more specific,we shall:1)redesign the learning objectives of doctoral programs and encour-age doctoral students to explore diverse career paths;2)rebuild the power relations between different stakeholders and give doctoral students greater autonomy in career decision-making;3)reshape the career preparation system for doctoral students and give them sufficient support to navigate non-academic career paths.
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