Life Course Productivity Model to Analyze Academic Research Issues: A Longitudinal Analysis at One Taiwanese University
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| Title: | Life Course Productivity Model to Analyze Academic Research Issues: A Longitudinal Analysis at One Taiwanese University |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Fu, Yuan-Chih (ORCID |
| Source: | Studies in Higher Education. 2021 46(11):2491-2505. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Research Universities, College Faculty, Teacher Researchers, Productivity, Institutional Research, Reinforcement, Noninstructional Responsibility, Age |
| Geographic Terms: | Taiwan |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03075079.2020.1723535 |
| ISSN: | 0307-5079 |
| Abstract: | Research productivity has been a critical issue in terms of academic development in higher education. In this study, we adopt a life-course perspective to examine the personal factors, mostly age-related, affecting research productivity in a Taiwanese research-oriented university. Covering a time series of 20 years, our dataset includes individual research performance of faculty and other relevant covariates over their life course. The growth curve model designed for multilevel modeling of repeated measures is applied to capture the age effect. Our analysis contributes to the thread of this literature in several dimensions. First, the faculty's early academic achievement is positively associated with their later performance providing support for the cumulative advantage theory. Unlike the prediction of the utility maximizing theory, faculty with an administrative position leads to higher productivity. Finally, reinforcement still plays a critical role in regulating the productivity for non-early promising faculty. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1316346 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Research productivity has been a critical issue in terms of academic development in higher education. In this study, we adopt a life-course perspective to examine the personal factors, mostly age-related, affecting research productivity in a Taiwanese research-oriented university. Covering a time series of 20 years, our dataset includes individual research performance of faculty and other relevant covariates over their life course. The growth curve model designed for multilevel modeling of repeated measures is applied to capture the age effect. Our analysis contributes to the thread of this literature in several dimensions. First, the faculty's early academic achievement is positively associated with their later performance providing support for the cumulative advantage theory. Unlike the prediction of the utility maximizing theory, faculty with an administrative position leads to higher productivity. Finally, reinforcement still plays a critical role in regulating the productivity for non-early promising faculty. |
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| ISSN: | 0307-5079 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03075079.2020.1723535 |
