ERIC Number: EJ1150642
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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The Influence of Performance-Based Management on Teaching and Research Performance of Finnish Senior Academics
Kivistö, Jussi; Pekkola, Elias; Lyytinen, Anu
Tertiary Education and Management, v23 n3 p260-275 2017
Despite the widespread use of performance-based management in higher education, empirical research on its actual impact has remained scarce, particularly in Europe. With agency theory as a framework, our study utilised survey data collected from Finnish universities in order to explore the influence of performance management on perceived teaching and research performance of senior academics. Our findings suggest that, although academics hold a quite positive view of performance measurement as such, this attitude does not correlate with perceived high performance in either teaching or research. Moreover, our results suggest that perceived high performance among academics still relates primarily to acknowledgement from the academic community and academic achievement rather than to measurement and financial incentives.
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, College Administration, College Faculty, Academic Achievement, Incentives, Foreign Countries, Universities, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Governance, Educational Finance, Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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