Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gbm5v Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-23T07:08:36.305Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Incentives for Sharing Knowledge: A Survey of Scholarly Practices in Public Affairs and Administration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

Stephen R. Neely  and
Jerrell D. Coggburn
Stephen R. Neely
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
Jerrell D. Coggburn
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

This study examines the scholarly practice of “knowledge sharing” and the extent to which it is rewarded by prevailing faculty-incentive structures. Following recent calls for greater connectivity between the academic and practitioner communities in both political science and public administration, there is a need for greater empirical evidence regarding the extent to which these practices are being employed across the discipline and how their use varies across institutional settings. Focusing on “knowledge sharing” as a specific dimension of “engaged scholarship,” this article reports the findings from a recent survey of public affairs and administration program leaders regarding current standards for earning tenure and promotion. Relevant scholarly practices are discussed and the reported value of these practices for earning tenure and promotion is presented. Institutional types are compared and recommendations are made for improving the dissemination of scholarly knowledge to the public administration practitioner community.

Type
Articles
Information
PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 480 - 486
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2017 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Backes-Gellner, Uschi and Schlinghoff, Axel. 2010. “Career Incentives and ‘Publish or Perish’ in German and U.S. Universities.” European Education 42 (3): 26–52.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Battaglio, R. Paul Jr. and Scicchitano, Michael J. 2013. “Building Bridges? An Assessment of Academic and Practitioner Perceptions with Observations for the Public Administration Classroom.” Journal of Public Affairs Education 19 (4): 749–72.Google Scholar
Boudreau, Cheryl. 2015. “Read but Not Heard? Engaging Junior Scholars in Efforts to Make Political Science Relevant.” PS: Political Science & Politics 48 (4): 51–4.Google Scholar
Boyer, Ernest L. 1990. Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. New York: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Google Scholar
Boyer, Ernest L. 1996. “The Scholarship of Engagement.” Journal of Public Service and Outreach 1 (1): 11–20.Google Scholar
Buick, Fiona, Blackman, Deborah, O’Flynn, Janine, O’Donnell, Michael, and West, Damian. 2015. “Effective Practitioner–Scholar Relationships: Lessons from a Coproduction Partnership.” Public Administration Review 76 (1): 35–47.Google Scholar
Bushouse, Brenda K., Jacobson, Willow S., Lambright, Kristina T., Llorens, Jared J., Morse, Ricardo S., and Poochaaroen, Ora-orn. 2011. “Crossing the Divide: Building Bridges between Public Administration Practitioners and Scholars.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 21 (1): 99–112.Google Scholar
Coggburn, Jerrell D. and Neely, Stephen R.. 2015. “Publish or Perish? Examining Academic Tenure Standards in Public Affairs and Administration Programs.” Journal of Public Affairs Education 21 (2): 199–214.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dillman, Don A. 2007. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method (second edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons.Google Scholar
Hardr’e, Patricia and Cox, Michelle. 2009. “Evaluating Faculty Work: Expectations and Standards of Faculty Performance in Research Universities.” Research Papers in Education 24 (4): 383–419.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Holland, Barbara A. 2005. “Scholarship and Mission in the 21st-Century University: The Role of Engagement.” Sydney, Australia: Paper presented as Keynote Address to the Australian Universities Quality Agency Forum, July 5.Google Scholar
Jentleson, Bruce W. 2015. “The ‘Bridging the Gap’ Initiative and Programs.” PS: Political Science and Politics 48 (4): 108–14.Google Scholar
Lagon, Mark P. 1995. “Rational Choice.” Perspectives on Political Science 24 (4): 206–10.Google Scholar
McDonald, Michael P. and Mooney, Christopher Z.. 2011. “Pracademics’: Mixing an Academic Career with Practical Politics.” PS: Political Science & Politics 44 (2): 251–3.Google Scholar
Newland, Chester A. 2000. “The Public Administration Review and Ongoing Struggles for Connectedness.” Public Administration Review 60 (1): 20–38.Google Scholar
Orr, Kevin and Bennett, Mike. 2012. “Public Administration Scholarship and the Politics of Coproducing Academic–Practitioner Research.” Public Administration Review 72 (4): 487–96.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Posner, Paul L. 2009. “The Pracademic: An Agenda for Re-Engaging Practitioners and Academics.” Public Budgeting and Finance 29 (1): 12–26.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Snipes, Robin L. and Carter, Fonda. 2012. “The Case of Rewarding ‘A’ but Expecting ‘B’ in Higher Education: Revisiting Reward Systems that Fail in Universities.” Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies 18 (5): 91–8.Google Scholar
Van de Ven, Andrew H. and Johnson, Paul E.. 2006. “Knowledge for Theory and Practice.” Academy of Management Review 31 (4): 802–21.Google Scholar
Wang, Junfeng, Bunch, Beverly S., and Stream, Christopher. 2013. “Increasing the Usefulness of Academic Scholarship for Local Government Practitioners.” State and Local Government Review 45 (3): 197–213.Google Scholar