The rewards of research

Some aspects of overall job satisfaction: a binomial logit model

“…A few job satisfaction related studies conducted with university teachers as subjects were, however, reported before 1981. The studies identified included those conducted by Gruneberg et al (1974a, b), Startup et al (1975), Gruneberg and Startup (1978), Startup and Gruneberg (1973, 1976) and Nicholson and Miljus (1972). One of these studies discussed the relationship of the turnover decisions of the sampled university teachers with their overall job satisfaction.…”

The "Writing Wing": Characteristics of Prolific Contributors to the Higher Education Literature

“…Relationships with mentors or sponsors, considered important to general success in the professoriate [12,21,33,39,49], were also positively related to prolific output. And like many other faculty, prolific higher education scholars reported intrinsic interest in scholarly activities and were not significantly moved by salary considerations [47].…”

“…Reasons for engaging in research and publication activities include an interest in contributing to knowledge, facilitating promotion in academic rank, enhancing personal prestige, and fulfilling a sense of scholarly obligation [47]. Few scholars write only when "inspired"; goal setting and the "habit of writing" are required for sustained levels of productivity.…”

The changing perspective of academic researchers, 1973–1983

“…Table I shows the distribution of the sample obtained in 1982-83 by grade and faculty and also the expected distribution based on all the teaching staff. Since results from the 1972-73 survey are available elsewhere (Startup et al, 1975;Startup & Gruneberg, 1976) detailed figures will be provided here from the 1982-83 survey together with the most pertinent overtime comparisons. As well as being asked for items of personal information, the respondents were asked a series of questions about their research experience.…”