Disciplinary Analysis of the Contribution of Academic Staff to PhD Completions in Australian Universities

Abbas Valadkhani and Simon Ville

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Abstract: This paper identifies the major areas of research strengths and concentration across all Australian universities, as demonstrated by the number of PhDs and academic staff members (S) in ten broad fields of education using the average audited data (2001-2003). The ratio of PhD completions to S is then presented to provide a tentative basis for benchmarking and productivity analysis. Inter alia, we found a very interesting relationship between the number of PhD graduates (as the dependent variable) and S using a fixed-effect model with both discipline-specific slope and intercept coefficients. The results provide policy implications for individual universities and government.

Keywords: Australian universities; ranking; PhD completions; cross-sectional model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 A19 C23 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Published in International Journal of Business and Management Education 1.15(2007): pp. 1-22

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