scholarly journals Death by a Thousand 10-Minute Tasks: Workarounds and Noncompliance in University Research Administration

2020 ◽  
pp. 009539972094799
Author(s):  
Barry Bozeman ◽  
Jan Youtie ◽  
Jiwon Jung
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
University Research ◽  
Response Model ◽  
Research Administration ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Rule Breaking ◽  
Response Choices

The article examines administrative workarounds in the context of university research administration. The empirical results from 116 semi-structured interviews with academic researchers with active National Science Foundation awards are framed by a “Rules Response” model positing relationships among rules compliance requests, administrative burden, red tape, and response choices, including compliance, appeal, rule bending, rule breaking, and workaround behaviors. Propositions are presented and reviewed in light of empirical results. The article concludes the implications of empirical results for improving the Rules Response model and a more general discussion of research needed to improve the understanding of both rules compliance and workarounds.

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Roco ◽  
D. Senich
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
High Gain ◽  
University Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
National Science ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
University Industry

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative which covers a broad spectrum of university–industry interaction mechanisms, from faculty visits to industry and graduate student industrial assistantships to full scale industry–university research projects. The initiative promotes high-risk/high-gain research with focus on fundamental topics, which would not have been undertaken by industry. It also encourages development of innovative collaborative industry–university educational programmes, and direct deployment of new knowledge between academe and industry. This paper outlines the basic concepts of the initiative, characteristics of the funded research and education projects, and several trends. Illustrations of projects from engineering, manufacturing, environment and education are included.

scholarly journals COOPERATIVISM IN FOREST COMMUNITIES IN THE AMAZON: WHAT DO NON-MEMBERS SAY?

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adria Marielen Paz Sousa ◽  
Biane Silva Pontes ◽  
Maria Jociléia Soares da Silva ◽  
Thiago Almeida Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Selection Process ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Road Maintenance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Admission Process ◽  
New Members ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Flour Production

Abstract The National Forest of Tapajós is a reserve in the western region of the state of Pará and in 2005 the Cooperativa Mista da Floresta Nacional do Tapajós was founded, with the main objective of applying forest management through community activities. This paper aimed to identify and evaluate the viewpoint of non-member residents about this cooperative, as well as to find alternative production forms. It was used a matrix of Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Threats, semi-structured interviews, a Priority Matrix, and a Plan of Action. The most important benefits cited were the donation of wood, road maintenance and jobs for the members. Problems in the admission process related to red tape and lack of transparency in the selection process of new members should be overcome. Cassava planting and flour production; handicrafts; tourism; establishment of agroforestry systems; honey production were the main productive activities indicated in the Plan of Action.

scholarly journals Academics at play: Why the “publication game” is more than a metaphor

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Butler ◽  
Sverre Spoelstra
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
The Other ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Critical Management ◽  
The University ◽  
Meaningful Research

It is increasingly common to describe academic research as a “publication game,” a metaphor that connotes instrumental strategies for publishing in highly rated journals. However, we suggest that the use of this metaphor is problematic. In particular, the metaphor allows scholars to make a convenient, but ultimately misleading, distinction between figurative game-playing on one hand (i.e. pursuing external career goals through instrumental publishing) and proper research on the other hand (i.e. producing intrinsically meaningful research). In other words, the “publication game” implies that while academic researchers may behave just like players, they are not really playing a game. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, we show that this metaphor prevents us, ironically, from fully grasping the lusory attitude, or play-mentality, that characterizes academic work among critical management researchers. Ultimately, we seek to stimulate reflection about how our choice of metaphor can have performative effects in the university and influence our behavior in unforeseen and potentially undesirable ways.

Quantitative Evaluation Based on Participants’ Qualitative Feedback -NSF’s I/UCRC Program, 1993-2009

2017 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-67
Author(s):  
Hexuan Liu ◽  
Carl W. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Program Evaluations ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
National Science ◽  
Survey Instruments ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Post Hoc

Tucked away towards the end of survey instruments, open-ended questions are often only examined post hoc as researchers search for strategically-placed quotations in support of their otherwise quantitatively-derived conclusions. Yet program evaluations can benefit from participants’ spontaneous insights on how their program might be improved, because these insights commonly reveal previously unforeseen aspects needing support or discouragement. This paper introduces a semantic text analysis technique for the analysis of survey data generated from open-ended questions of the form, “How can our program improve?” The technique is illustrated using data from faculty-participants in a National Science Foundation (NSF) program for the development of greater cooperation between industrial and academic researchers.

scholarly journals Risk and Return: The Case of Securities Listed on the West African Economic and Monetary Union Regional Exchange of Securities (BRVM)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Hervé Ndoume Essingone ◽  
Mouhamadou Saliou Diallo
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
Response Model ◽  
The West ◽  
Risk And Return ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Asymmetric Response ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between risk and return on the BRVM. The empirical results, obtained using the Asymmetric Response Model (ARM) model, show the asymmetric nature of the return of the securities that are rated on them. This does not reflect the level of risk taken by investors, which is much higher than the return obtained. While this result is consistent with the distancing characteristics of risk and return observed in emerging markets, it highlights above all the need to rebalance the relationship between risk and return at the RSE in order to make it more attractive for investors.

scholarly journals Workplace fiddles in the shipping industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 933-948
Author(s):  
Helen Devereux ◽  
Emma Wadsworth ◽  
Syamantak Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Rule Breaking ◽  
Senior Officers ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which workers employ rule breaking, rule bending and deviations from management defined norms in the workplace and the impact this has on their occupational health and safety (OHS) experiences.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses qualitative semi-structured interviews conducted with 37 seafarers working on board four vessels engaged in international trade. The data were recorded, transcribed and thematically analysed using NVivo software.FindingsThe findings indicate that seafarers utilised workplace fiddles – which included rule breaking, rule bending and deviating from management defined norms – in order to engender a workable system in which they could remain safe but also profitable to those who controlled their labour. Moreover, the findings suggest that shore-side management deflected the responsibility for rule violations by deferring many of the decisions regarding features of life on board – such as the scheduling of work hours – to the senior officers on board.Originality/valueThe paper sheds light on where, in practice, responsibility for OHS lies in the international shipping industry, an industry in which workers experience relatively high rates of work-related fatalities, injuries and mental health conditions.

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