Some Aspects of Assessing Research Activities Iva Kirovová The Czech Republic Faculty of Economics Department of Management

IAREP/SABE at LUISS Roma Science Contribution  Science relationship to economy growth  Knowledge economy  Evaluation practices and assessment methods  Practical application

IAREP/SABE at LUISS Roma Assessment of Research Performance (1) Avital, Collopy (2001) mention 2 main approaches: evaluative and explanatory 1.The Evaluative approach –Performance (outputs) evaluation –Comparison and ranking of researches, programs, institutions, etc. –Reputation issue (e.g.colleagues´assesment) –Yield issue (e.g.publications, conferences, etc.) –Influence issue (e.g.journal rankings, an impact factor)

IAREP/SABE at LUISS Roma Assessment of Research Performance (2) 2.The Explanatory approach Identification of determinants (the antecedents) of research performance Individual factors  Demographic  Experience  Personality Organizational factors  Mission, performance evaluation (reward system), research grants received, time spent on research and teaching, etc.

IAREP/SABE at LUISS Roma Assessing Research Activities in Czech University Context (1)  The assessment has become an important criterion for commencing academic degrees or applying for managerial university positions  Mostly evaluative approach is applied Bibliometric methods

IAREP/SABE at LUISS Roma Assessing Research Activities in Czech University Context (2)  An equal opportunity issue All disciplines have no relevant local journals with an impact factor Publications in foreign journals  Limited access University have limited subscriptions to the journals Participations in foreign conferences  Limited access High costs

IAREP/SABE at LUISS Roma Assessing Research Activities in Czech University Context (3)  Department orientation Stable significant differences in the same faculty Stable significant differences in teaching duties  Gender issue

IAREP/SABE at LUISS Roma Assessing Research Activities in Czech University Context (4)  The explanatory approach has been often neglected although reports on institutional environment, research context or individual characteristics of university staff  Interconnections with university mission, HRM policy, and managerial competencies of university or faculty management

IAREP/SABE at LUISS Roma Conclusions  There is no one best approach  Providing equal opportunities and application of reasonable multidimensional criteria is a responsibility of universities, if they apply criteria for assessing research performance