Leading for Research Excellence: Presidential Capabilities and Institutional Performance in Chinese Higher Education.

Autor/inn/en	Dong, Yueyan; Wu, Jiazheng; Yu, Nannan
Titel	Leading for Research Excellence: Presidential Capabilities and Institutional Performance in Chinese Higher Education.
Quelle	In: Higher education quarterly, 79 (2025) 3, 13 S.Infoseite zur Zeitschrift Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0263-9769; 0951-5224
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Hochschullehrer; Hochschule; Ausland; China
Abstract	Understanding how institutional leadership influences research productivity is crucial for advancing higher education policy and practice, yet empirical evidence remains limited in non-Western contexts. Drawing on upper echelons theory and a longitudinal dataset spanning 20 years (2000-2019) of 392 presidential appointments across Chinese universities, this study examines how presidential capabilities affect institutional research performance. Our findings demonstrate that presidential capabilities-measured through educational background, international experience, and academic achievements-significantly enhance research output, with effects varying across institutional contexts. The impact is most pronounced in second-tier research universities and shows stronger effects in economically developed regions and centrally administered institutions. These results contribute to understanding leadership effectiveness in higher education by highlighting how institutional contexts moderate presidential influence, offering valuable insights for leadership selection and development in higher education institutions. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2026/3