Administrative service and research performance: A study of chemistry department heads |
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| Authors: | John C Smart Gerald W McLaughlin |
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| Institution: | (1) College of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA;(2) Office of Institutional Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study explores the effect of administrative service as department chair on the scholarly careers of academic chemists through an analysis of their publication and doctoral student productivity records over a two-decade period. A longitudinal experimental design is employed with a control group of academic chemists who have not served in an administrative capacity throughout the equivalent time period. The results of the study indicate no significant difference in the publication and doctoral student productivity levels of the experimental and control groups. These results suggest that universities have been successful in attracting and retaining the services of productive scholars as department heads and that such service does not diminish their long-term scholarly productivity.Presented at the 24th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Fort Worth, Tex., May 1984. |
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