Combining writing block treatments: Theory and research

Boice, Robert

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(92)90133-2

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“…Today, under the pressures of budget constraints, higher education leaders face the challenge of encouraging research vitality of their faculty to perform research. Different strategies, such as adding a new rank into the faculty rank hierarchy, establishing post-tenure review, providing subbatical, offering travel funds, and holding workshops to overcome faculty writing blocks, have taken to assuring faculty research and career growth (Boice, 1983(Boice, , 1984(Boice, , 1992; Boice (Cole & Singer, 1991). Some scholars have argued that marriage and child care are barriers to a female's research career (Hargens, McCann, & Reskin, 1978).…”

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What kind of faculty are motivated to perform research by the desire for promotion?

Tien

2006

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A policy of adding a new rank to the faculty career ladder was implemented in Taiwan in 1994. It was believed that structural changes of the incentive system would change faculty research behavior. This paper explores the question: Who are motivated to perform research by the desire for promotion? A mail survey investigating Taiwanese faculty members was conducted. The results show that the answer varies by different performance measures. Those who publish for the promotion reward tend also to be motivated by other external and internal rewards. Among all rewards, the most important to many faculty is an increase in personal income. Holding one's valence score on promotion constant, faculty with better research performance tends to be those who possess doctoral degrees. The results show that faculty in public institutions perform better than their private-institution counterparts, regardless of promotion valence. Finally, alternative policies to improve faculty research performance are recommended. ). Among the different strategies, many scholars and policy makers believe that structural changes of the incentive system-for example, changes of the faculty rank hierarchy-would be an effective way to influence faculty behavior (

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