To What Degree Does the Desire for Promotion Motivate Faculty to Perform Research? Testing the Expectancy Theory.

Autor/in	Tien, Flora F.
Titel	To What Degree Does the Desire for Promotion Motivate Faculty to Perform Research? Testing the Expectancy Theory.
Quelle	In: Research in higher education, (2000) 6, S.723-752Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1023/A:1007020721531
Schlagwörter	Survey Data; Faculty Member; Research Outcome; Research Performance; Education Research
Abstract	Abstract Based on the rationale of expectancy theory, this article examines to what degree the desire for promotion motivates faculty to do research. Using Taiwanese faculty survey data, it is found that faculty members who show higher motivation for promotion display better research performance than their colleagues who show lower motivation for promotion. This article also indicates that different kinds of rewards have different motivating effects on various types of faculty research performance. After controlling for the effects of demographic, educational, and institutional variables, the results of logistic regressions show that faculty who think promotion and the satisfaction of curiosity are important tend to publish articles; faculty who want to demonstrate their mastery of their disciplines tend to publish books; and faculty who care about personal income are more likely to seek and receive the National Science Council Research Outcome Grant.
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Update	2023/2/05