In a context of increasing emphasis on academic performance and accountability, data from a structured survey in which academics elaborated on eight different attributes of high-performing researchers were used to build a conceptual model of research performance. Research performance was seen to comprise two basic components, with six secondary…

An ethnographic case study of issues related to research performance and promotion of research was conducted within the Creative and Performing Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) disciplines of a regional university. The purpose of the study was to explore a variety of ways in which the research work of those disciplines could be made…

A study in one Australian institution in transition from vocational college to university found: many staff without research-based qualifications and with limited research experience; perceptions of lack of institutional support for research; need for research skills training; need for research time and money; and need for a research ethos. (MSE)