Paper Info
Title
Research or management? An investigation of the impact of leadership roles on the research performance of academic administrators.
Abstract
This study quantitatively investigated whether the research performance of academic administrators (leaders) was affected by their administrative services. We sampled 111 academic administrators, including 90 department deans and 21 university presidents, from 26 universities. These leaders’ research performance was determined by the number of their publications and citations in the Web of Science databases. To compare the effect on their research performance by their administrative roles, we proposed four periods: the pre-position period, the latest position period, the reference period, and the in-position period. Statistical methods were applied to compare the research performance of the sampled administrators before and after they accepted the current administrative roles. The results suggest that 80% of academic leaders’ productivity and citation have fallen by 42 and 62% averagely. The extent of such impact varied in different disciplines. Leaders’ performance in medicine fields has declined the most (60%). The impact on research productivity appeared to be stronger for administrators serving in higher-ranking universities. In addition, the research performance of both university presidents and department deans were substantially influenced by their administrative services.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1007/s11192-018-2842-3
Scientometrics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Research performance,Leadership,Administrative roles,Career path
Data mining,Public relations,Computer science,Citation,Administrative services organization,Reference Period
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
117
1
0138-9130
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
7
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wen Lou162.43
Yuehua Zhao2213.77
Yuchen Chen352.18
Jin Zhang443.84