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The Quest for Institutional Recognition: A Longitudinal Analysis of Scholarly Productivity and Academic Prestige among Sociology Departments.
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Keith, Bruce; Babchuk, Nicholas – Social Forces, 1998
Examines the association between departmental prestige and faculty scholarship for the discipline of sociology using evaluative ratings from three national studies and objective data on publications. Scholarship was far less important in determining current prestige ratings than either the past reputations of departments or those of their…
Descriptors: College Environment, Departments, Faculty Publishing, Graduate School Faculty
The Context of Scientific Achievement: Sex Status, Organizational Environments, and the Timing of Publication on Scholarship Outcomes.
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Keith, Bruce; Layne, Jenny Sundra; Babchuk, Nicholas; Johnson, Kurt – Social Forces, 2002
A study of 2,910 sociologists who received doctorates in 1972-76 found that gender differences in scholarship productivity occurred within the first 6 years of the doctorate and continued throughout the career due to different employment patterns and publication trajectories. The results support Merton's contention that context structures the…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Context Effect, Employment Patterns
The Academic Research-Teaching Nexus in Eight Advanced-Industrialized Countries.
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Gottlieb, Esther; Keith, Bruce – Higher Education, 1997
Examines the research-teaching relationship in faculty work in Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Israel, Japan, and South Korea, drawing on an international survey of college and university faculty. Results indicate research and teaching are not mutually exclusive activities, but the two activities have differing effects…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
A Longitudinal Assessment of Productivity in Prominent Sociology Journals and Departmental Prestige.
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Keith, Bruce; Babchuk, Nicholas – American Sociologist, 1994
Reports on a study of the theory of cumulative advantage and disadvantage as it applies to the productivity and prestige of academic departments within sociology. Finds that past accomplishments do not bear importantly on current perceptions of departmental prestige. (CFR)
Descriptors: Departments, Faculty Promotion, Faculty Publishing, Higher Education