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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Research productivity"”.
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Human capital movement : effects on research productivity in the pharmaceutical industry
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Technology and Policy Program, 1999.
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Climate and research productivity of collegiate nursing faculty: implications for educational and administrative interventions
… faculty member's perception of the climate for research and the research productivity of nursing faculty members; and (b) identify educational and administrative interventions possessing the potential for increasing research productivity. The questionnaire consisted of a modification of Likert’s …
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An investigation of factors related to research productivity in a public university in Thailand: a case study
… efficient and effective in both teaching and research. However, there appear to be many obstructions to research productivity, that in turn cause low levels of research outcomes. These problems need resolution and elimination in order that universities, through their academic staff can …
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Leadership for scholarly excellence: a qualitative examination of department chair facilitation methods to promote research productivity in pre-tenure biological sciences faculty
… department chairs can employ to enhance the research productivity of their pre-tenure faculty and examines if leadership at the department chair level matters. Using a qualitative approach to examine six highly successful life science departments and their leaders as well as focus group …
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A Mixed-Method Study of the Environmental and Personal Factors That Influence Faculty Research Productivity at Small-Medium, Private, Doctorate-Granting Universities
… of faculty members most relate to research productivity at small- to medium-sized not-for-profit, private, doctorate-granting universities.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. A mixed methodology was used that included an online survey, follow-up email surveys, and two face-to-face interviews. …
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Department chairs' research-related roles and responsibilities at a public research university
… to explain how academic department chairs enact research-related roles and responsibilities at one public research university to support faculty research productivity. For this study, I interviewed 22 department chairs at one public research university in the Southeastern United States undergoing …
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Social networks and firm formation : a study of Boston's biotechnology sector
This research focuses on two specific research problems in the context of innovation in the biotech industry. These research problems map to the two phases of innovation process--creation of new scientific expertise (Phase I) and commercialization of that new expertise (Phase II). The research …
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The Mentoring Relationship as Experienced by Female Counselor Educators
… of doctoral program completion, and increase research productivity.</p>
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The role of Kazakhstani HEIs and international academic publishing in Kazakhstan's post-Soviet nation-building
… on the other. The state policy of 2011 on research productivity (Kuzhabekova, 2017, p.121) serves as a point of departure for exploring this role of HEIs. The adopted policy is aimed at increasing the research productivity at Kazakhstani HEIs by introducing a requirement for faculty members …
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Building evidence for improving childhood immunisation coverage in Africa.
… Africa’s contribution to the global immunisation research output is minimal. There is no association between research productivity and immunisation coverage in Africa, which may signal lack of interactive communication between policymakers and researchers. Furthermore, individual and contextual …
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Professional Immigrant Women's Experiences of Managing Work and Family Conflicts: The Case of Chinese and Taiwanese Faculty in Research Intensive Universities
… married Chinese and Taiwanese immigrant women in research-intensive universities handle work and family conflicts? How do they negotiate their gender-role expectations and actual practices at work and home? And, finally, do their practices vary by academic disciplines based on the work processes …
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Influences to Post-graduation Career Aspirations and Attainment in STEM Doctoral Candidates and Recipients
… nationally representative datasets: The National Research Council's Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs student questionnaire and the National Science Foundation's Survey of Earned Doctorates. This study identified field of study, research productivity rank of doctoral programs, primary type …
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COLLABORATING TO RUIN? US NATIONAL LABORATORIES AND THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Following the Cold War, Russian and US research institutions forged new collaborative ties to take advantage of perceived complementarities in conducting scientific research as part of US nonproliferation initiatives. These ties appear to have been successful in the broader nonproliferation context …
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Dynamics of globalization in Philippine scientific communities
This research attempts to shed light on the simultaneous influence of scientifically strong countries on Internet use and knowledge production at the global periphery. Using survey data from interviews of 312 Filipino scientists, this study answers the following questions: (1) Does place of …
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Computational Framework for Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis and Experimental Design of Network-based Computer Simulation Models
… of GDS, provides modelers, experimentalists, and research groups access to a variety of UQ/SA/DOE methods with robust and tested implementations without requiring them to necessarily have the detailed expertise in statistics, data management and computing. Even for research teams having all the …
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What helps the development of new vaccine products : an economic analysis of R&D spending in the vaccine industry, the productivity of biotechnological research and related issues in science and technology policy
… regarding an alleged lack of investment in research and development of vaccine products which could offer considerable net benefit to societies, particularly in the developing world. The aim of this thesis is to provide decision support for science and technology policy which aims to promote …
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What Sustains Inter-institutional Collaborations? An Exploratory Study of Research Collaborations between Faculty at HBCUs and PWIs
… the significant growth of inter-institutional research collaboration, there has been a disparity of partnerships between universities with different history, missions and identities. In competition for limited resources, inter-institutional collaborations among Predominantly White Institutions …
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What Makes a Death Good? Examining Key Conditions to Guide Healthcare Decisions
… Eligible citations were analyzed for key research indicators, including number of annual publications, journals of publications, language representation, research productivity by country, type of published output, study populations and prominent themes. Findings were reported following the …
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An evaluation on electronic waste management and product stewardship programs in North America
… (E-waste) has been extensively investigated by researchers throughout the globe, however specific research trends in North America (NA) are yet unknown. The first part of the study attempts to present an up-to-date bibliometric view of e-waste studies and to identify the research sub-fields and …
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