A causal model of productivity in a research facility

Senter, Richard

doi:10.1007/bf02016777

Cited by 7 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The disparity of publishing patterns across disciplinary groups has been found to be substantial [NWAGNU, 2006;GUAN & MA, 2004;GUPTA & AL., 1999;COLMAN & AL., 1995;REBNE & DAVIDSON, 1992;SENTER, 1986]. Many of these studies have attempted to predict productivity in IS and other fields from the perspective of bibliometric analysis in general as well as Lotka and other publication distributions in particular (e.g., [GUPTA & & AL., 1998;GUPTA & KARISIDDAPPA, 1996;NATH & JACKSON, 1991;RAO, 1980;RADHAKRISHNAN & KERNIZAN, 1979;VOOS, 1974]).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other potential determinants of research productivity have been investigated in a variety of fields, including science (biology, mathematics, chemistry, and physics) [SENTER, 1986;ALLISON & STEWART, 1974], management science [HANCOCK & AL., 1992], and statistics [LANE & AL., 1990]. One study sought to assess the effects of gender, race, and family status on the research productivity of individuals throughout the entire population of post-secondary faculty, without focusing on any particular discipline [BELLAS & TOUTKOUSHIAN, 1999].…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Determinants of faculty research productivity in information systems: An empirical analysis of the impact of academic origin and academic affiliation

et al. 2008

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This manuscript provides guidance to Deans and other academic decision makers in the hiring process and dispels the validity of a widely held assumption commonly used as a decision factor in the selection process. This paper investigates: (a) whether graduates of prestigious information systems (IS) doctoral programs (graduates with high-status academic origins) are more likely to be successful in their academic careers (as measured by research productivity) than graduates of less prestigious programs, (b) whether IS faculty who are employed by esteemed universities (faculty with high-status academic affiliations) are more productive researchers than IS faculty employed by lower-status institutions, and (c) examines faculty productivity in terms of Lotka's Law [LOTKA, 1926]. The findings indicate that in the IS field, productivity does not follow a Lotka distribution. Moreover, our study also shows that academic affiliation is a significant determinant of research productivity in terms of quantity (as measured by publication counts) and quality (as measured by citation counts). Contrary to common expectations, however, the analysis shows that the status of a faculty member's academic origin is not a significant determinant of research productivity in the field of information systems. Therefore, continued reliance on academic pedigree as a primary criterion for hiring decisions may not be justified in the IS discipline.Research productivity, usually measured by the number of articles published in quality journals, is a primary criterion for evaluating faculty at research-oriented business schools, particularly with respect to merit raises and promotion and tenure

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of faculty research productivity in information systems: An empirical analysis of the impact of academic origin and academic affiliation

et al. 2008

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Senter, 1986), as well as to the scientists' institutes. This paper, however, has been primarily concerned with the latter topic.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Networks, communication and productivity in a natural science research facility

Senter

1987

Sociological Spectrum

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Researchers have also addressed the relationship between the rank and status of academics and their productivity. Senter (1986) and Dizon and Sadorra (1995) found that productivity is related to academic rank. Professors on top of the career ladders are generally the most productive.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Norwegian academics who publish more earn higher salaries?

Sandnes

2018

Scientometrics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Based on a sense of justice one may expect that productive academics with high publication outputs earn higher salaries than less productive academics. However, there is little evidence to support or reject such a belief. This explorative study correlated salary data with publication data for the academic employees of one of the largest HEIs in Norway. The results show that overall there is a weak correlation between publication output and salary. Salary correlates with rank (low, medium, top), and rank correlates with publication output. Within each of the groups, apart from the full professors, there is no positive correlation between how productive an academic is and what an academic earns. In fact, when comparing inactive and active lowranking contract researchers, the results showed that active researchers earned significantly less than what their inactive colleagues did. The results suggest that publishing is not rewarded monetarily and aspiring early career academics should adopt a strategy involving more diverse activities than just publishing to climb the salary ladder.

show abstract

A causal model of productivity in a research facility

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Determinants of faculty research productivity in information systems: An empirical analysis of the impact of academic origin and academic affiliation

Determinants of faculty research productivity in information systems: An empirical analysis of the impact of academic origin and academic affiliation

Networks, communication and productivity in a natural science research facility

Do Norwegian academics who publish more earn higher salaries?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About