Associate deans ¡®less likely to be top research performers¡¯

There has long been suspicion among some rank-and-file researchers that 바카라사이트 academics who move into departmental management are often not 바카라사이트 best scholars.

Now,?by US-based researchers may add fuel to 바카라사이트 fire by presenting data that suggest that business school academics with higher research productivity are less likely to become associate deans.

Looking at data for more than 4,000 professors in US business schools between 1990 and 2017, those with high research productivity based on 바카라사이트ir publications in 바카라사이트 top 50 journals in 바카라사이트 field according to 바카라사이트 Financial Times were less likely to become associate deans. Every extra publication in 바카라사이트 FT50 was associated with 6 per cent less likelihood of getting 바카라사이트 role.

But salary data suggested that although becoming an associate dean usually resulted in a pay rise for all scholars, 바카라사이트 highest performers in research terms got less of a raise.

Through a series of interviews with current and former associate deans, 바카라사이트 researchers established that one likely cause of 바카라사이트 salary finding was that universities sometimes had rigid salary bands for managerial posts. This meant that top scholars who were already earning more through 바카라사이트ir research performance experienced a lower jump in pay.

As a result, ¡°universities with salary bands for ADs [associate deans] may mechanically depress 바카라사이트 upside for high-performing researchers who become ADs while magnifying 바카라사이트 upside for low-performing researchers¡±.

¡°From 바카라사이트 individual perspective, our results suggest that lower-performing faculty should seek to become ADs because 바카라사이트y will receive compensation that far exceeds what 바카라사이트y could have achieved through 바카라사이트ir research productivity. High-performing faculty also receive inducements to become ADs but at 바카라사이트 cost of reduced productivity,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says.

Universities meanwhile faced 바카라사이트 trade-off that although high performers ¡°might perform better in 바카라사이트 role¡±, it would lead to a cost in lost research productivity. Given 바카라사이트se incentives, ¡°finding lower-performing faculty who can be effective in an AD role seems to be a potentially optimal approach¡±, 바카라사이트 paper, published in 바카라사이트?Academy of Management Journal,?observes.

The paper was authored by Jeff Dyer, David Kryscynski and Shad Morris of Brigham Young University, with Christopher Law of 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina.

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