Both ranked salary sixth in importance among reasons for accepting a new position, behind personal challenge, future opportunities, prestige and recognition and other qualities of the job.
Previous studies in other countries identified several factors related to the choice and preference, including sex, career opportunities, prestige, income and others [ 5- 12].
Early career scientists considering a multi-investigator project should weigh the experience, networking opportunities, and prestige of a high-profile national or international collaboration against the disadvantages.
Hospital attractiveness is most strongly predicted by the professional attributes (professional development opportunities and prestige).
Respondents also considered it to be associated with good or very good research opportunities (75%), prestige (68%) and the ability to make a significant difference to patients' lives (64%).
The findings of a study in Turkey revealed that the most important reasons for the choice of specialty were "better financial opportunities" and "prestige", followed by "personal development", "more benefits for the patient", and "wish to work in an urban area".
Rugby union is seen as a sport with huge potential in Asia, and with Japan set to host the next World Cup in 2019 and rugby an Olympic sport, China sees opportunity for prestige, relevance, and yet another sports platform to use to promote China's reemerging prominence.
But he gives scant attention to the fact that research, at least in the sciences, produces, along with new concepts and opportunities for academic prestige, intellectual property potentially worth vast amounts of money and capable of forming the basis of large industries.
Calomiris's risky decision to testify and reveal her identity was one that she hoped would pay off with opportunities: fame, money, prestige.
I thought of it this way: if I talk with my professors at the beginning of the semester about my anxiety disorder, work the maximum amount of work study hours allowed, and continue to say "yes" when approached with opportunities for academic prestige, I can choose the way in which I will be visible after graduation.
During this process, different antecedents that were identified in previous studies but were not important to the context of the physician-hospital relation were no longer considered (i.e. travel opportunities) while 'hospital prestige' was added.
