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Is research mediating the relationship between teaching experience and student satisfaction?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-07-05)
Universities must ensure that academic staff are qualified and competent for performing their job. Teaching and research are two key activities in which lecturers should excel. While some authors suggest ...
Diffusion of sustainability reporting in universities: current situation and future perspectives
(Elsevier Ltd., 2015-11-01)
Universities play a key role in the development of society, and their involvement in sustainable development will be crucial in changing current practices in society towards sustainable development. ...
Profile and performance of the university research groups
(Inderscience Publishers, 2010)
This paper profiles the 'research groups' at the University of Barcelona in order to identify the key success factors of the best groups. A factor analysis was carried out to determine the groups' ...
UnivQual: a holistic scale to assess student perceptions of service quality at universities
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-03-20)
The aim of this study is twofold. First, we validate a scale to assess the quality of the university experienced by students (UnivQual). Three main dimensions are envisioned: (i) “curriculum”, which ...
Definition of spiritual capital as a part of universities’ mission
(OmniaScience Publisher, 2016-09)
The present paper poses the different types of capital in order to facilitate
universities the understanding of the concept of spiritual capital, since it is a
central part of their mission. More ...
Contract employment policy and research productivity of knowledge workers: an analysis of Spanish universities
(Routledge, 2017-05-05)
This article investigates how contract employment practices adopted by universities—fixed-term contracts and permanent contracts—impact research productivity measured in terms of publications in scholarly ...
Análisis de la función objetivo de las universidades mediante un estudio de eficiencia
(Asociación Económica de la Educación, 2013-07)
La competitividad y excelencia dependen en gran medida de la capacidad de las regiones para generar, innovar y transferir conocimiento. En una sociedad donde estos valores están adquiriendo cada vez más ...
Relationship between Internationalization and Quality of University Research
(The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 2013-05)
This paper has twofold aim: (i) profiling the “research groups” at the University of Barcelona (UB) in order to identify the key success factors of the groups that could be labeled as “Excellent”; (ii) ...
The role of universities on the consolidation of knowledge-based sectors: a spatial econometric analysis of KIBS formation rates in Spanish regions
(Elsevier, 2020-06-25)
This study evaluates how features related to the regional configuration of universities—i.e., the number of universities in a region and the proportion of public universities—influence the regional ...