Browsing Ciències Econòmiques i Socials by Subject "Universities and colleges"
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Contract employment policy and research productivity of knowledge workers: an analysis of Spanish universities
(The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 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 ... -
Diffusion of sustainability reporting in universities: current situation and future perspectives
(Journal of cleaner production, 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. ... -
Fulfilment of expectations on students’ perceived quality in the Catalan higher education system
(Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 2020)This study provides an innovative approach to the analysis of the antecedents of satisfaction. A discussion about different types of expectations and their configurations is presented, providing a new ... -
Is research mediating the relationship between teaching experience and student satisfaction?
(Studies in Higher Education, 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 ... -
Profile and performance of the university research groups
(International Journal of Management in Education, 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' ... -
Relationship between Internationalization and Quality of University Research
(Review of International Comparative Management, 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) ... -
UnivQual: a holistic scale to assess student perceptions of service quality at universities
(Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 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 ...