Explaining researchersâ readiness to incorporate external stimuli in their research agendas

Julia Olmos Peñuela, Paul Benneworth and Elena Castro-Martínez

No 201408, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) Working Paper Series from INGENIO (CSIC-UPV)

Abstract: This paper seeks to provide a better understanding of how researchers incorporate external (non-academic) influences in their research process. Firstly we advance the notion of âopennessâ as a researcher characteristic that describes researchersâ readiness to let external stimuli modify the different stages of the research cycle and we identify the kind of behavioural changes expected from âopenâ researchers. Secondly, we look at the factors explaining researchersâ openness. We empirically analyse researchersâ openness drawing upon a database containing 1583 researchers from the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). We found that researchers open in any stage of the research process tend to be also open through the rest of the stages. We also found that personal factors related to researchersâ identity and past experiences are key aspects that determine researchersâ openness. Policy implications are derived regarding suggestions to foster researchersâ openness.

JEL-codes: I23 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-07-04
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