Mobility versus job stability: Assessing tenure and productivity outcomes

"Based on the data from survey responses and publications of 1583 academic scientists in Spain, this paper examines the relationship between scientific performance and reward, considering tenure and permanent positions as key academic rewards in early phases of academic career and focusing espe...

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Published in:Research policy 2010-02, Vol.39 (1), p.27-38
Main Authors: Cruz-Castro, Laura, Sanz-Menendez, Luis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic degrees
Academic profession
Academic rewards
Akademiker
Arbeitsplatzwechsel
Arbeitsproduktivität
Berufliche Mobilität
Berufsanfänger
Berufsverlauf
Beschäftigungsdauer
Bildungsertrag
Career advancement
Career development
Careers
Forschung
Forschungspolitik
Inbreeding
Institution
Institutions
Interner Arbeitsmarkt
Job security
Labour market
Labour mobility
Mobility
Productivity
Produktivitätseffekt
Promotion
Publication productivity
Research policy
Scholarly publishing
Scientific careers
Scientific careers Mobility Inbreeding Publication productivity Academic rewards Tenure Institutions Research policy Spain
Scientists
Spain
Spanien
Studies
Tenure
Unbefristeter Arbeitsvertrag
Universities
Universität
Veröffentlichung
Wissenschaftler
Zwischenbetriebliche Mobilität
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Summary:"Based on the data from survey responses and publications of 1583 academic scientists in Spain, this paper examines the relationship between scientific performance and reward, considering tenure and permanent positions as key academic rewards in early phases of academic career and focusing especially on the mediating effect of mobile versus stable career paths. Although widely practiced, inbreeding has often been considered to be at odds with universalism and merit in science. Our findings indicate that inbred faculty does not get tenure with less scientific merits than PhDs from other institutions; we also find that non-mobile careers are a strong predictor of the timing of rewards in the form of early permanent positions. Our results question the assumption mainly based on US evidence that mobility enhances career. These findings must be interpreted in the context of organizational and institutional features of the Spanish academic system that promote the development of internal academic research job markets." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Befragung. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1997 bis 2005.
ISSN:0048-7333
1873-7625
DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2009.11.008