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Evans, Linda – Journal of Research Administration, 2011
Located within the recently emerged field of researcher development, this article represents an attempt to make a key theoretical contribution to its knowledge base through a conceptual analysis. It presents as propositional knowledge an original theoretical model of the componential structure of researcher development, as interpreted and defined…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Researchers, Professional Development, Intellectual Development
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Grover, Robert; Hale, Martha L. – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Reviews the traditional academic library services offered to faculty researchers and describes patterns of the academic research process. A more active librarian role in the research process is proposed, to be accomplished through understanding research in the information transfer process and the role of the researcher. (17 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Higher Education, Information Transfer
Spiro, Louis M.; Campbell, Jill F. – 1985
Perceptions of college institutional research directors concerning the quality of executive decision making at their institutions were studied. Perceptions were assessed using a theoretical model of Groupthink developed by Janis, who postulates that a high amount of environmental stress should lead to a greater degree of…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Decision Making, Governance
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McCallister, Mike; Miller, Charlene – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1993
Based on the idea that clear communication between researchers and research administrators can help minimize problems in research project administration, Texas A&M University designed an orientation program to establish early communication and positive working relationships. A survey of 42 research administrators indicates a growing trend…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cooperation, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship
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McCarthy, Martha M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1986
Reflects on the past three decades of increasing specialization and on the diverse conceptual frameworks guiding research in the field of educational administration. Describes heterogeneity among researchers, field-based research and policy studies, linkages across specialty areas, and key points of remaining articles. Fifty-three footnotes are…
Descriptors: Development, Educational Administration, Educational Research, Experimenter Characteristics
McKay, Jack – 1991
The purpose of this monograph is to heighten awareness about action research for both teachers and administrators involved in California middle level reform efforts. This approach to educational research is a means of developing knowledge through collaboration in a process that improves both student learning and professional autonomy. The…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrators, Classroom Research, Intermediate Grades