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Publish-or-Perish

  • 1.  Publish-or-Perish

    Posted 03-27-2007 16:54
    Please excuse cross posting of this message

    Colleagues,

    During the past four decades the pressure to publish has increased
    dramatically at business schools in the United States. This pressure, no
    doubt, influences how faculty experience different aspects of their work.
    Yet, the effects of the "publish-or-perish" phenomenon on business school
    faculty have never been empirically investigated in a comprehensive
    research study.

    Alan Miller (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Art Bedeian (Louisiana
    State University) will soon survey a national sample of management faculty
    to understand how the pressure to publish affects their research
    productivity, research choices, teaching effectiveness, job satisfaction,
    motivation, level of stress, and integrity.

    The results of this research may have profound implications for future
    research requirements in US business schools as well as for the promotion
    and tenure process. If you receive an invitation to participate in this
    study, please take the short time needed to complete the study's survey
    instrument. Your responses may have a significant impact on our profession.

    With sincere thanks,


    Alan N. Miller, Ph.D.
    Professor of Management
    College of Business
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    4505 Maryland Parkway
    Box 456009
    Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-6009

    Email: alan.miller@unlv.edu
    Phone: (702) 895-3814
    Fax: (702) 895-4370


    Arthur G. Bedeian, Ph.D.
    Boyd Professor and Ralph and Kacoo Olinde Distinguished Professor of
    Management
    Department of Management
    Louisiana State University and A&M College
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-6312

    Email: abede@lsu.edu
    Phone: (225) 578-6141
    Fax: (225) 578-6140