ACADEMIC RESEARCHERSMOTIVATION FACTORS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Noorulsadiqin Azbiya Yaacob ◽  
Saida Farhanah Sarkam ◽  
Siti Norezam Othman
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
University Settings ◽  
Malaysian Government

The Malaysian government has been striving to provide an environment conducive to research commercialisation in the country. Despite the efforts, the targeted research commercialisation rate has yet to be achieved. This paper explores the motivation of the academic researchers who had successfully commercialised their research.Literature classifies motivation factors as extrinsic, intrinsic, and prosocial, which might exist independently or in a combination (mixed-motivation). Within the academic research commercialisation context, a considerable number of existing studies have discussed the role of extrinsic motivation factors, while the issues of intrinsic andprosocial factors have not been much studied. Thus, this study proposed a conceptual framework to further understand the role of each motivation factor as well as the role of mixed-motivation factors among academic researchers who had successfully commercialised their research results. Finally, this research enriches the dearth of research commercialisation literature in Malaysian university settings.

EXPRESS: Toward Temporally Complex Collaboration in an Interorganizational Research Network

2021 ◽  
pp. 147612702110429
Author(s):  
Sirkka L Jarvenpaa ◽  
Liisa Valikangas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Interorganizational Networks ◽  
Agile Method ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Business Ecosystems ◽  
Narrative Time ◽  
Collective Benefit

Prior research suggests interorganizational collaboration faces temporal challenges but also opportunities yet is scarce on the role of time enabling – more often deterring - collaboration for collective benefit. Our contribution is highlighting how a large industry-academic research network developed temporally complex collaboration through varying temporal rules and relationships. The three network-developed collaborative repertoires, with their particular temporal rules and relationships, complemented the externally imposed calendar repertoire: (1) sprint repertoire, following a familiar agile method for joint research, (2) narrative time repertoire, enabling sharing research results across various events at the program level, and (3) “right” time repertoire that turned research results into action in emerging business ecosystems. With these collaborative repertoires, both the temporal diversities of home organizations and the asynchronies of the network activities were resolved for collective benefit. We contribute to the intersection of the literatures on interorganizational networks and temporality as befitting collaboration.

Researchers as enablers of commercialization at an entrepreneurial university

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Berggren
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Motivation ◽  
Commercial Use ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Established Firms ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and visualize alternative ways – how and by whom – that academic research can come into commercial use. Design/methodology/approach This study in the Swedish context investigates one entrepreneurial university, Chalmers University of Technology. In total, 18 interviews were conducted about researchers’ views on commercialization and on how research comes into commercial use. Findings Five propositions are advocated in relation to researchers’ role as enablers of others’ commercialization. The concept of “need for utilization” is introduced as the critical explanation for researchers’ readiness to transfer knowledge mainly via alumni to established companies. Practical implications This study suggests that both universities and policy should acknowledge alternative ways of commercialization of academic research instead of putting all efforts on trying to transform unwilling academic researchers into entrepreneurs. One alternative is to foster ongoing contacts between researchers and alumni, who make commercial use of academic research in established firms. Originality/value This study furthers the knowledge about researchers’ individual motivation for commercialization, as driven by a “need for utilization.” By showing how researchers enable others commercialization, this study broadens the prevailing focus on researchers’ formation of university spin-offs as the essential output from entrepreneurial universities. The results also contribute to understanding the role of alumni in knowledge transfer to existing industry.

scholarly journals Perceptions of research integrity climate differ between academic ranks and disciplinary fields - Results from a survey among academic researchers in Amsterdam

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamarinde Laura Haven ◽  
Joeri K. Tijdink ◽  
Brian C Martinson ◽  
Lex Bouter
Keyword(s):  
Field Experience ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Integrity ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Research Climate ◽  
Disciplinary Field

--- For the preregistration of the results this preprint reports on, see here: https://osf.io/x6t2q/register/565fb3678c5e4a66b5582f67 --- Scientists and non-scientist are increasingly concerned about academic research and its lack of valid and reliable results due to research misbehavior. In this light, the role of the research integrity climate has gained increasing attention. In our manuscript, we assess whether researchers from different academic ranks and disciplinary field experience the research integrity climate differently using the Survey of Organizational Research Climate. Based on responses of over 1000 researchers, we found that junior researchers (PhD students, postdocs and assistant professors) have a markedly more negative view of the research integrity climate compared to senior researchers (associate and full professors). The disciplinary field also matters for how researchers perceive the research integrity climate: researchers in the natural sciences have a more positive view of the research integrity climate, especially when compared to smaller fields such as the humanities.

scholarly journals The Role of Potential Licensee Availability in Facilitating Commercialization of Academic Research Results

2015 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 331-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tayebeh Khademi ◽  
Kamariah Ismail ◽  
Chew Tin Lee ◽  
Maryam Garmsari
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Results

scholarly journals La valorisation de la recherche : une nouvelle mission pour l’université?

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-65
Author(s):  
Chantale Mailhot ◽  
Patrick Pelletier ◽  
Véronique Schaeffer
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Organization Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Over the last few years the process of adding value to academic research results has become a growing phenomenon entailing important institutional changes. In the context of the knowledge economy, universities are considered to be central socio-economic actors. They are concerned with the development and the organization of technology transfer and the management of intellectual property. However, the value-adding process runs the risk of becoming confined to the commercialization of research results. The evolution of the role of the university in the economy and society is a subject of debates among politicians as well as academic and industrial actors. What is the impact of the process of adding value to research, considered as a new mission of the university, on the changing academic environment and on the traditional role of the university? To study this question we focus on the cases of Canada and Quebec.

scholarly journals Policy analysis in French local government

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Faure ◽  
Emmanuel Négrier
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Policy Model ◽  
Political Policy ◽  
The Third ◽  
Joint Influence

This chapter attempts to ‘deconstruct’ the French territorial question and demonstrate that territorial policy analysis can break free from the limitations imposed by this primarily ‘statist’ conceptual framework.  The first part introduces the scale and nature of current political and administrative territorial structures, and discusses the paucity of academic research work on this subject. The second part analyses changes in the territorial framework of policy building, through an evolution from vertical to horizontal dialectic of powers and capacities. The third part focuses on territorialisation as the result of a double process: the evolving role of ideas in territorial policy building and dynamics of differentiation. In the conclusion, it argues that the joint influence of professionalization, pluralisation and differentiation prefigures an original political/policy model of democracy between institutionalisms and culturalisms.

scholarly journals Public-private collaboration and scientific impact: An analysis based on Danish publication data for 1995–2013

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carter Bloch ◽  
Thomas Kjeldager Ryan ◽  
Jens Peter Andersen
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Academic Researchers

In the past few decades, there has been increasing interest in public-private collaboration, which has motivated lengthy discussion of the implications of collaboration in general, and co-authorship in particular, for the scientific impact of research. However, despite this strong interest in the topic, there is little systematic knowledge on the relation between public-private collaboration and citation impact. This paper examines the citation impact of papers involving public-private collaboration in comparison with academic research papers. We examine the role of a variety of factors, such as international collaboration, the number of co-authors, academic disciplines, and whether the research is mainly basic or applied. We first examine citation impact for a comprehensive dataset covering all Web of Science journal articles with at least one Danish author in the period 1995–2013. Thereafter, we examine whether citation impact for individual researchers differs when collaborating with industry compared to work only involving academic researchers, by looking at a fixed group of researchers that have both engaged in public-private collaborations and university-only publications. For national collaboration papers, we find no significant difference in citation impact for public-only and public-private collaborations. For international collaboration, we observe much higher citation impact for papers involving public-private collaboration.

scholarly journals INHERITANCE MANAGEMENT BY BAITULMAL IN MALAYSIA: ROLE AND CHALLENGES

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1113-1120
Author(s):  
Md Yazid Ahmad ◽  
◽  
Ermy Azziaty Rozali ◽  
Nurul Ilyana Muhd Adnan ◽  
Zamzuri Zakaria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Muslim Society ◽  
Analysis Design

In Malaysia, division of inheritance is based on the Shafie madhhab (school of law), whereby when there is a surplus of inheritance after distribution to rightful heirs or when there are no rightful heirs, the residual inheritance is surrendered to the Baitulmal. However, there are challenges which need to be dealt with by Baitulmal in order that the inheritance may be utilised for the well-being of the whole society. Hence, the objective of this article is to highlight the basic conceptual framework and role of Baitulmal in addition to identifying the challenges in management of inheritance vested in Baitulmal. This qualitative research applies a content analysis design, and results are elaborated and presented descriptively. Research results find that there are differences between Baitulmals role during the golden age of Islam and its unique practice in Malaysia. Besides that, there are challenges identified in management of inheritance by Baitulmal which need to be overcome and harmonised in order to preserve the maslahah (public interest) and public welfare of the entire Muslim society in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Separated by common methods? Researchers and journalists doing expertise

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 489-505
Author(s):  
Minna Nikunen ◽  
Päivi Korvajärvi ◽  
Tuija Koivunen
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
End Products ◽  
Asking Questions

In this article, we address emerging tensions between researchers and journalists in our research project on formations of new divisions among young adults in Finland. We focus on interviewing as a method of data gathering, and on framing as a method of presenting research results. Writing from the point of view of academic researchers, our analysis shows that journalists’ and researchers’ ways of doing expertise, such as techniques for asking questions, reflections on interview sensitivities, anticipated end products or the conceptual framing of the collected data, differ from each other. At the conclusion of our analysis, we reflect on the affectivity of expert work and cooperation, and on the role of affects in bringing the moral orders of different forms of expertise to the surface.

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