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Title: Too Much Emphasis on Research? An Empirical Examination of the Relationship between Research and Teaching in Multitasking Environments
Language: English
Authors: Bak, Hee-Je, Kim, Do Han
Source: Research in Higher Education. Dec 2015 56(8):843-860.
Availability: Springer. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: service-ny@springer.com; Web site: http://www.springerlink.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2015
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Researchers, Research Problems, Incentives, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Attention, Time Management, Performance Based Assessment, College Faculty
Geographic Terms: South Korea
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-015-9372-0
ISSN: 0361-0365
Abstract: While the public is concerned that emphasizing research performance among university faculty results in inadequate attention to undergraduate teaching, research on the relationship between research and teaching in higher education has failed to confirm or deny the validity of this concern. To empirically test this popular concern, we examined how the change in performance-based incentive systems to improve faculty publications influenced student evaluations of their teaching in a Korean university. The analysis of a panel dataset of individual faculty members shows that financial incentives on research rather than teaching could have redirected attention of some professors from teaching to research, thus reducing teaching quality, as proposed by advocates of multitasking theory. Therefore, these findings suggest that, when multiple tasks are significant to organizational values, the incentive structure must assure that each task or activity offers professors the same marginal return on their efforts.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 67
Entry Date: 2015
Accession Number: EJ1081230
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