Abstract
The present research operationalized a pluralist conceptualization of scholarly impact in predicting the performance of 329 former Ph.D. candidates, who completed the “Ph.D. personality questionnaire” (PPQ) during their doctoral studies in between 2007 and 2010. The PPQ measures could be matched to scholarly impact data obtained from Elsevier’s SciVal database for 180 participants in 2019. In addition, for 170 participants it could be verified whether they actually completed their doctoral degree. Results of multiple linear regression analyses indicated that impact inside academia as indicated by higher h-indices, the field-weighted citation impact, and percentage of publications in top journals was best predicted by “research drive” – the context-specific enactment of achievement striving. Impact beyond academia, as indicated by academic-corporate collaboration was predicted by networking – the context-specific enactment of extraversion. Lastly, it appeared that both traits acted as “double-edged swords” as they simultaneously related to a lower chance of actually obtaining the doctoral degree in logistic regression analyses on degree status.
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