Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
Scholars and institutions alike are concerned with academic productivity. Scholars not only further knowledge in their professional fields, they also bring visibility and prestige to themselves and their institutions, which in turn attracts research grants and more qualified faculty and graduate students. Many studies have been done on scholar productivity; however, most of them focus on individual factors such as gender, marital status, and psychological characteristics rather than intrinsic academic factors such as scholars' academic values, institutional expectations and academic alignment between the scholar and the institution. In this study, we developed measures for the different kinds of scholarship based on Boyer's work and extended it by adding Engaged Scholarship in Van de Ven's work. This research focuses on how these academic factors have an effect on not just academic productivity but also the scholar's well-being. Our results suggest that scholarship identity, academic work focus, and perceived institutional expectations significantly impact knowledge production and well-being and that this relationship is mediated by the recognition and support provided by the institution. These results have important implications for university administrators who develop, and faculty who work under policies designed to foster professional development and scholarship.
Keywords
scholarship identity, scholarship, productivity, academic alignment, well-being, job and life satisfaction
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Pereyra-Rojas, Milagros, "The Institutional-Professoriate Tension: Scholarship Identity and Academic Alignment that Impact Scholars' Productivity and Well-being" (2013). Student Scholarship. 460.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/460