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Thanks! That's helpful. I saw a Twitter thread that suggested something like a 1.2 sociology graduates to sociology TT jobs ratio (Daniel Laurison on Twitter: "I asked about this earlier & found the answers, so, in sociology: 2016 - 652 new PhDs, 314 AP-only jobs, 526 total jobs 2015 - 763 new PhDs, 325 AP-only, 485 total 2014 - 711 new PhDs, 333 AP-only, 489 total 2013 - 663 new PhDs, 351 AP-only, 469 total (Sources in next tweet)"), and with your numbers it's approximately 0.5 to 0.75 in management. It's hard to convert those numbers into "chances you will get a TT job" but it seems like that large difference is decent evidence that the management job market is way better than sociology!

Actually, do we have data for how many new PhDs are granted every year in management? This would be useful to combine with the number of job ads on AOM? (451 in 2019, according to that link)

Thank you! I was thinking the AOM conferences might have something on this, but I couldn't find it, so thank you for finding that for me. I am leaning towards macro, but I have to admit that I'm still uncertain. It seems like you're saying the micro market is more challenging, which is good to know. Of course that is just one factor in what research I produce. I will keep looking for more information.

Hello. I hope everyone is starting to get good news from PhD programs. I myself have applied to both sociology and management/OB PhD programs. There is a lot of information online on the overall health of the sociology job market, e.g., how many jobs and how many PhD graduates per year, what typical placement is for a productive student at a top program. However, there is very little information I can find on the Business School Job Market. I know I can see some placements on individual university websites. But is there any good information on the business school job market overall? Information that will help me compare sociology and business in terms of job market quality? Information that will give me a sense of "how likely I am to get an R1 job", for example?