PUBLICATION ACTIVITY AND ITS ROLE IN ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT OF HEI ACADEMIC STAFF (RUSSIAN PRACTICES)
https://doi.org/10.17853/1994-5639-2016-1-145-158
Abstract
The aim of the research is to analyze and summarize the Russian best practices of using the publication activity as a criterion to assess the professional activity of the academic staff; to identify the role of motivational factors as a method to manage and control the publication activity of the academic staff.
Methods. The authors address the methodology of comprehensive research based on the method of document analysis, comparative analysis, and method of secondary use of sociological and psychological data.
Results and scientific novelty concludes in presenting Russian and international best practices generalized on using the publication activity to assess the engagement of HEI (Higher Educational Institution) academic staff; the most appropriate formats of using the publication activity as a criterion to assess the research component of the academic staff engagement are defined. Degree of reliability of this criterion is shown – its strengths and shortcomings. The conclusion is drawn on need of the essential changes in management of publication activity affecting both professional and motivational spheres of scientific and pedagogical staff. The most acceptable options of measurement of staff work efficiency of this category are formulated.
Practical significance. The research outcomes can be the corpus for designing the assessment method for the professional engagement of the academic staff.
About the Authors
I. B. Ardashkin
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
Tomsk
T. V. Sidorenko
Institute of Cybernetics, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of Foreign Language Department,
Tomsk
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Ardashkin I.B., Sidorenko T.V. PUBLICATION ACTIVITY AND ITS ROLE IN ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT OF HEI ACADEMIC STAFF (RUSSIAN PRACTICES). The Education and science journal. 2016;(1):145-158. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17853/1994-5639-2016-1-145-158
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