A methodology to measure the effectiveness of academic recruitment and turnover

Giovanni Abramo, D’Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea and Francesco Rosati

Journal of Informetrics, 2016, vol. 10, issue 1, 31-42

Abstract: We propose a method to measure the effectiveness of the recruitment and turnover of professors, in terms of their research performance. The method presented is applied to the case of Italian universities over the period 2008–2012. The work then analyses the correlation between the indicators of effectiveness used, and between the indicators and the universities’ overall research performance. In countries that conduct regular national assessment exercises, the evaluation of effectiveness in recruitment and turnover could complement the overall research assessments. In particular, monitoring such parameters could assist in deterring favoritism, in countries exposed to such practices.

Keywords: Research evaluation; Recruitment; Bibliometrics; Universities; Career advancement. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2015.10.004

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