Doctoral employment outside universities has been increasing, as universities cannot employ all doctorate holders. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the shift from doctoral programs to the non-academic labour market has been limited. In this qualitative study, more than 800 verbal answers given by doctorate holders to a pair of open-ended questions were content-analysed to explore doctorate holders’ perceptions of the non-academic labour market and the reputational problems they relate to their employment. The study identifies four reputational problems which doctorate holders relate to their employment: the oversupply problem, the overeducation problem, the consistency problem and the communication problem. By identifying potential reputational problems on the doctorate holders level, this research contributes novel information in terms of both theory development and practitioner insights.

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探索博士学位持有者对非学术劳动力市场的看法以及与其就业相关的声誉问题

大学以外的博士就业一直在增加，因为大学无法雇用所有博士学位持有者。然而，有人认为从博士项目向非学术劳动力市场的转变是有限的。在这项定性研究中，对博士持有者对一对开放式问题的 800 多个口头回答进行了内容分析，以探讨博士持有者对非学术劳动力市场的看法以及他们与就业相关的声誉问题。该研究确定了博士学位持有者与其就业相关的四个声誉问题：供过于求问题、过度教育问题、一致性问题和沟通问题。通过识别博士学位持有者级别的潜在声誉问题，