The impact of social media networking on early career researchers’ wellbeing

Early career researchers’ wellbeing has been addressed by several studies, in terms of what factors could impact their wellbeing, what favoured elements could be present in their work environment to promote their academic progress. Early career researcher refers to a duration within 1-7 years following PhD completion (Signoret et al, 2019). However, there is scarcity of resources linking that wellbeing to Social Network Sites(SNS) use and whether that could be a superadded dimension. Given the doubled edged sword of SNS use, hence, it is important to explore their impact on researchers’ wellbeing.

This project is aiming to develop in depth understanding of Social network use and researchers’ wellbeing, a set of research questions that could be addressed: 1- How SNS were used by researchers? 2-What social, cultural dimensions, others (if any) could impact early career researchers’ wellbeing? 3- To what extent early career researchers’ use of SNS can initiate the imposter syndrome?

The prospective PhD candidate will go through in-depth analysis to explore the impact on SNS on researchers’ wellbeing. Findings will inform stakeholders on developing policies/ guidelines relevant to staff wellbeing especially within the inevitable use of social media.

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