ASSESSING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PERFORMANCE WITH MULTIPLE CONSTITUENCIES

Abstract

The research performance of a university is critical to national competitiveness. Previous research has established that research performance is based on scholarly publishing. Several studies suggest that journal ranking is an important research quality indicator. However, unilateral measurement for research performance will seriously corrode the development of university research work. Assessing university research performance with multiple constituencies is a better way to enhance research. Although substantial studies have been performed on the critical factors that affect knowledge exploration in the university, those in knowledge exploitation are still lacking. With multiple constituencies, a fully understanding of research performance can be gained. In the research model, knowledge exploration represents the academic research and knowledge exploitation represents the university-industry collaboration. Data were collected from 124 university data in online database. The study shows that knowledge exploration and exploitation are significant positive predictors of university competitiveness. University resources play important roles affecting both knowledge exploration and exploitation in the university. The study also shows that higher knowledge exploration will enhance knowledge exploitation. Implications for theory and practice and suggestions for future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]