scholarly journals An Integrated Approach to Evaluate Faculty Members’ Research Performance

2009 ◽  
Vol 84 (11) ◽  
pp. 1610-1616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rama Iyengar ◽  
Yanping Wang ◽  
Jennifer Chow ◽  
Dennis S. Charney
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Faculty Members

scholarly journals How do Academic Faculty Members Perceive the Effect of Teaching Surveys Completed by Students on Appointment and Promotion Processes at Academic Institutions? A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyal Eckhaus ◽  
Nitza Davidovitch
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Student Evaluations ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Senior Faculty ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Academic Appointment ◽  
Academic Faculty ◽  
Research Findings

It is commonly thought that the promotion of faculty members is affected by their research performance. The current study is unique in examining how academic faculty members perceive the harm or damage to academic appointment and promotion processes, as a direct effect of student evaluations as manifested in teaching surveys. One hundred eighty two questionnaires were collected from senior faculty members at academic institutions. Most respondents were from three institutions: Ariel University, Ben Gurion University, and the Jezreel Valley College. Qualitative and statistical research tools were utilized, with the goal of forming a model reflecting the effect of the harm to academic appointment and promotion processes, as perceived by faculty members. The research findings show that the lecturers find an association that causes harm to their promotion processes as a result of student evaluations. Assuming that students' voices and their opinion of teaching are important – the question is how should these evaluations be treated within promotion and appointment processes: what and whom do they indicate? Do they constitute a reliable managerial tool with which it is possible to work as a foundation for promotion and appointment processes – or should other tools be developed, unrelated to students' opinions?

scholarly journals Analysis of Academic Cooperation Network for Returnee Faculty Members to Realize Value from the Perspective of Economics

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Yanchun Zhu ◽  
Fuze Li ◽  
Chunlei Qin ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Jianbo Wen
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Cooperation Network ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Cooperative Relationship ◽  
Knowledge Absorption ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Heterogeneous Knowledge

Drawing on theories of social network and knowledge absorption, this paper examines the direct influence of returnee faculty members (RFMs) over college research performance (CRP) from three aspects, namely, the intensity of cooperative relationship (ICR), research influence (RI), and acquisition capability of heterogeneous knowledge (ACHK). In addition, the authors tested the regulating effect of ICR. The results show that RI of RFMs has a significant positive effect on CRP, ACHK has no significant effect on CRP, and ICR has a significant negative effect and a major regulating effect on CRP.

scholarly journals How to Boost Faculty Research Performance in HEI’s to Improve Intellectual Property by Integrating it with Faculty Compensation – A “Theory of Accountability” based Framework

2018 ◽  
pp. 129-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Aithal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Faculty Compensation ◽  
Financial Autonomy ◽  
Improved Model ◽  
Tangible Asset ◽  
The Brain

The objective of campus based higher education is now shifting from mass education to customized education and in such model involving students in research by faculty members is an essential part. Such research focused higher education model not only benefits the students but also provides an opportunity for the institution to create intellectual property in its name. To encourage faculty members to be involved in research and publications, higher education institutions (HEIs) are trying to find various strategies. Faculty compensation is one of the important strategies in higher education institutions as faculty members are the brain of the system and creators of an intellectual asset to the institution. Making faculty compensation dynamic is a very attractive and effective way in order to involve faculty members in research and publications. In this paper, we have studied the changing objectives of autonomous HEIs like private universities towards developing Intellectual property by shifting their focus towards research and publications using their financial autonomy. As a part of such initiatives, an improved model of faculty compensation is proposed based on Annual Performance Based Component (APBC) and discussed how it adds value to the HEIs by inspiring the faculty member’s involvement and accountability to create a tangible asset of intangible intellectual property. The paper also discusses the cases of pessimistic expectations, most-likely expectations, and optimistic expectations of faculty performance and its financial implications on the institution by simulating these estimates.

Academic leadership and research performance: a study among engineering academicians in emerging nations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumukh Hungund ◽  
Anandkumar R. Annigeri ◽  
Ishita Pandey ◽  
Gurubasavarya Hiremath
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Institution ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emerging Nations

PurposeThe performance of an academic institution is widely measured by their research performance. In this regard, the role played by leaders in an academic institution is vital. The focus of this paper is on the role played by academic leadership towards research performance.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional study is designed, and data are collected from 267 faculty members from various technical institutes across India through an online survey. A snowball sampling is adopted to reach the data point, and structural equation modeling is used to analyze the relationship using Smart PLS (partial least squares).FindingsThe study indicates that leadership in academic setup in developing countries does not directly influence research performance among the faculty members. To enhance research performance, institutes should promote collaboration and facilitate knowledge acquisition and individual development.Practical implicationsThe proposed model aids the leadership in devising strategies and approaches to encourage collaborations and individual initiatives in an academic setup.Social implicationsThe study identifies the importance of Individual initiative in Research Performance and knowledge acquisition for Higher Educational Institutions (HEI).Originality/valueThis research study is unique because it investigates the relationships between Academic Leadership and Research Performance of engineering faculty in emerging nations.

The Hirsch h Index in a Non-Mainstream Area: Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences in Spain

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 833-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. García-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Academic Variables ◽  
Age Bias ◽  
H Index ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Reference Tool

The h index has advantages over journal impact factors for assessing the research performance of individuals, and it is becoming a reference tool for career assessment that is starting to be considered by some agencies as an aid in decisions for promotion, allocation, and funding. The h index has been reported to have adequate properties as a measure of the research accomplishments of individuals in areas where h values are usually high (i.e., at or above 40), but some concerns have been raised that its validity in other non-mainstream research areas is suspect. This paper presents data from an exhaustive computation and analysis of h indices for 204 faculty members in the area of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences in Spain, an area where h indices tend to be low worldwide. The results indicate that the h index is substantially increased by self-citations and that the average h of full professors is not meaningfully larger than the average h of associate professors. Other interesting relations between h indices and demographic and academic variables are described, including the gender and age bias of h. In this field, but perhaps also in other fields where the average h is low, little justification is found for the use of the h index as a fair measure of research performance that can aid in funding or promotion decisions.

scholarly journals Understanding Faculty Collaboration and Productivity: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Chung-Yen Yu ◽  
Yung-Ting Chuang ◽  
Hsi-Peng Kuan
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Faculty Collaboration ◽  
University Programs ◽  
National University ◽  
Evaluation Policies ◽  
Faculty Advancement

Research productivity has been always an important part of every academic’s job, since it has a profound effect on faculty promotion and tenure decisions. In addition, some scholars believe that co-authorship between faculty members has a great impact on their academic life and faculty advancement. Since 2005, the Ministry of Education of Taiwan (MOE) has developed two university programs and evaluation policies for improving the competitiveness and internationalization of Taiwan universities, and has clearly stated that there is a strong relationship between faculty promotion and research performance. However, none of them has used social network analysis (SNA) to examine research productivity and co-authorship under two university programs and evaluation policies from MOE in Taiwan. Therefore, in this study, we first uses SNA to analyze the research productivity, collaboration patterns, and publication strategies of faculty members in a Management Information Systems (MIS) department at a national university in Taiwan. Then, we used D3, a well-known drawing tool to create data visualization using JavaScript libraries, to visualize and discuss how these two university programs and evaluation policies from the MOE affected these patterns and strategies. We hope that our study not only provides beneficial information to the MIS department, but can be treated as an important source for MOE committees in their future adjustment of university programs and policies.

scholarly journals Developing a scaffolded learning process to increase undergraduate research skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Wheeler Poms ◽  
Corrie Paeglow ◽  
Sarah Sheehan ◽  
Julianna Miner ◽  
Ali Weinstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Class Level ◽  
Library Skills ◽  
Successes And Challenges ◽  
Scaffolded Learning

This session presents the successes and challenges experienced in redesigning our curriculum (BS in Community Health) to support a scaffolded approach to developing undergraduate research skills, which was funded through a Students as Scholars’ Curriculum Scholarship Development grant. We will detail the creation of discovery, inquiry and creation of scholarship level courses.  In addition, our liaison librarian, who created library skills workshops unique to the research requirements of each class level, will share her insights on the collaboration.  We will share our assessment data related to student learning outcomes. Implementation challenges, including working with various types of faculty members (adjunct, tenured, tenure-track, and term) and teaching these scholarship courses across multiple sections will be covered.  Our presentation team includes tenured, term and adjunct faculty members and our liaison librarian.  Session attendees will learn more about how to introduce, reinforce and further develop students’ research skills using an integrated approach across the curriculum. 

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