This investigation explores gender differences in faculty research productivity in Chinese research-oriented universities. Based on human capital theory and a work-family conflict research framework, this investigation identifies potential variables that influence faculty research productivity. These variables include academic experience, family…

In this study we examined the resource-research relationship at China's research universities. The stochastic frontier production function was employed in analyses of a panel data set on a group of the most research-intensive universities in China from 2000 to 2010. Results suggested overall tight relationships between various resources (including…

With a focus on possible gender differences, this study used 2003-2013 data from the "Survey of Doctorate Recipients" to examine individual, institutional, and early employment factors that contribute to career paths of recent doctorates who enter postsecondary academic appointments. Findings showed some noteworthy differences by gender…

The study examined the differences between international and U.S. citizen faculty members' productivity in the areas of research, graduate and undergraduate teaching, and service at research universities in the United States. Utilizing the 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04) data set, we used a Structural Equation Modeling…

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of technology commercialization on researcher practice and productivity at U.S. universities. Using data drawn from licensing contract documents and databases of university-industry linkages and faculty research output, the study findings suggest that the common practice of licensing…

Various factors are making faculty leadership challenging including the rise in part-time and non-tenure-track faculty, the increasing pressure to publish and teach more courses and adopt new technologies and pedagogies, increasing standards for tenure and promotion, ascension of academic capitalism, and heavy service roles for women and people of…

We investigated the involvement of faculty members at comprehensive universities in scholarship of teaching and learning publishing activities in four disciplines. Compared to their publishing rates in research-oriented journals, comprehensive university faculty members were more involved in publishing articles and serving on editorial boards for…

Explored how readily available data from the Institute of Scientific Inquiry may be used to estimate the number of scholarly articles written by an institution's faculty. Shows how institutions are ranked according to total publications and the ratio of publications to full-time faculty, how these measures vary by type of institutions, and how…

Age-publishing profiles are estimated for four science fields using data from a 1977 survey of doctorate recipients. Results are presented separately for graduate faculty and faculty at non-graduate departments. Results suggest that the graying of America's scientific community was accompanied by slowed rates of research in higher education.…

A survey of 404 full-time, tenure-track assistant professors at Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) found that successful researchers exhibit specific research activities and scholarly habits to an extent that less-successful researchers do not. Implications are drawn for faculty development and related research. The survey instrument is…

A study of the publishing patterns of 512 economics Ph.D.'s found that 34 percent have published in economics journals. Those with dissertations in general economics published more than others, and graduates of the top 20 economics schools published 20 percent more than others. (Author/MSE)

This article examines to what degree the desire for promotion motivates faculty to do research. Findings indicate that faculty who value promotion publish articles; faculty who want to demonstrate mastery of their disciplines publish books; and faculty who value personal income are more likely to seek and receive the National Science Council…

Examination of levels of publication productivity in 228 doctoral research departments in 23 disciplines revealed large differences, with the mean departments in the most productive disciplines averaging more than 10 times the number of publications of the mean departments in the least productive disciplines. The differences within disciplines…

Content analysis of five scholarly journals in the field of higher education from 1986-88 focused on the methodologies and topics of research reported there. Distribution of articles among 4 paradigms (functionalist, radical structuralist, interpretive, radical humanist), along 2 dimensions (social science, sociology), and according to 11 sets of…

A study analyzed data from four national surveys of the American professoriate conducted between 1969 and 1988. To assess whether groups of institutions might be accumulating advantage relative to others, research activities were compared across five Carnegie institution types. An overall strengthening of research emphasis and other changes…