Performance management at universities : the Danish bibliometric research indicator at work / Poul Erik Mouritzen, Niels Opstrup.
This book gives an account of what can happen when performance management is introduced at universities. How do scholars -- for better or worse -- respond to a system which counts the number of articles and books? Many myths exist about scholar's reactions: They cheat, slice their production to...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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| Series: | Public sector organizations.
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2020 English/International |
| Summary: | This book gives an account of what can happen when performance management is introduced at universities. How do scholars -- for better or worse -- respond to a system which counts the number of articles and books? Many myths exist about scholar's reactions: They cheat, slice their production to the least publishable unit, become more risk averse and will go for the low-hanging fruits; in short, they develop a "taste for publication" at the cost of a "taste of science". Systematic knowledge about the consequences of such systems for the motivation, behavior and productivity of university scholars is in short supply. The book is a major contribution to remedy this situation |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 297 pages) : illustrations (some colour). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3030213242 9783030213244 3030213250 9783030213251 |