Scientific productivity : the effectiveness of research groups in six countries
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Scientific productivity : the effectiveness of research groups in six countries
Cambridge University Press , Unesco, 1979
- : uk
- : uk : pbk
- : us
- : Unesco
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University of Tsukuba Library, Library on Library and Information Science
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Description
Scientific research in the service of economic and social development is supported by most governments and many kinds of organizations, but decisions about the determination of priorities and the allocation of resources are always difficult. This volume, first published in 1979, contains a comprehensive and meticulous study of the factors, human as well as material, related to scientists' effectiveness in meeting research goals. An international research team, co-ordinated by Unesco, surveyed members of more than 1,200 different research groups working in a variety of disciplines in universities, government and private research institutes and industry. Systematic samples from six European countries - Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Poland and Sweden - are represented in the data. The authors' innovative conceptual approaches and techniques will be of great interest to organizational psychologists and sociologists; their substantive findings, which challenge conventional wisdom about strategies for maximizing scientific productivity, will have important implications for all those concerned with science policy planning.
Table of Contents
- List of exhibits
- Foreword by Unesco
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction: 1. The International comparative study on the organization and performance of research units: an overview Y. de Hemptinne and Frank M. Andrews
- 2. The international study: its data sources and measurement procedures Frank M. Andrews
- Part II. Organization Factors and Scientific Performance: 3. Individual publication productivity as a social position effect in academic and industrial research units Karin D. Knorr, Roland Mittermeir, Georg Aichholzer and Georg Waller
- 4. Leadership and group performance: a positive relationship in academic research units Karin D. Knorr, Roland Mittermeir, Georg Aichholzer, and Georg Waller
- 5. Externally determined resources and the effectiveness of research units Veronica Stolte-Heiskanen
- 6. Some problems of research planning: data from Hungary compared to other Round 1 countries Agnes Haraszthy and Lajos Szanto
- 7. Patterns of influence and the performance of research units Salomea Kowalewska
- 8. The size and age of Swedish academic research groups and their scientific performance Rikard Stankiewicz
- 9. Communication between and within research units Nicole Visart
- 10. Motivation, diversity and the performance of research units Frank M. Andrews
- Part III. Methodological Reports: 11. Ratings of research-unit performance Joseph Bonmariage, Edmond Legros and Michel Vessiere: 12. The analysis strategy of the Hungarian research team and some results on R and D facilities Peter Hunya, Arpad Halasz and Csaba Fajszi
- 13. Classifying research units by patterns of performance and influence: a typology of the Round 1 data Gerald A. Cole
- 14. Estimating the construct validity and correlated error components of the rated-effectiveness measures Frank M. Andrews
- Appendix.
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