RT from ENTREP @ThimothyDevinney
*From:*Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:
ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Tyrone Pitsis
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:55 AM
*To:*
ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
*Subject:* [ENTREP] Invitation to participate in an important
benchmarking study
Dear John,
Is it possible to have this call for participants sent out to ENTREP
community please.
Thank you in advance for your help
Tyrone S. Pitsis
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All (please excuse cross postings):
We are conducting a short survey on a topic that we believe will be of
interest to you and others at your institution. In today’s competitive
academic market it is difficult to get a clear understanding of the
norms and incentives used to reward and motivate faculty. It is also
the case that business schools are, in particular, under significant
strain due to their revenue generating capacity. We are particularly
interested in trying to understand whether or not these incentives and
workload factors impact on the quality of the output of leading business
schools. Hence, the survey we are conducting is aimed at trying to get
a picture of the contracts, incentives and other performance factors
that institutions use to incentivize and reward faculty.
Our intention is to produce a benchmarking tool, to be utilized by Deans
of Research and other decision makers within a faculty, when allocating
resources, but to also identify which incentives are found to work best
in promoting academic excellence. The survey itself is being done in
two phases. Phase one was targeted research deans/directors and has
already been done with those individuals in the UK and for institutions
listed in the Financial Times top business schools. Phase two (of which
this email is part) is aimed at faculty members in general and those
research deans/directors who have been missed by the first wave
We understand that you are extremely busy and, therefore, have tried to
make the survey as short as possible and easy to fill out. The survey
should take 10-15 minutes to fill out. All of the answers, you provide
are confidential and will only be released if you give us your
permission (which we will request in advance). No single institution
will be identified in any report without their expressed written
permission and we will not be allowing the information about any signal
institution to be revealed even to others at our own institution (hence
no one other than us at Leeds University Business School will have
access to information that can identify any signal institution).
As a way to make this fair to all institutions we will provide each
institution and participant with a report. If you are a dean or
research dean/director we are also willing to give you a bit more detail
on your institution if you request it as we know the value to you in
participating will be in being able to identify where your institution
stands you will be able to use the information to drive your
institutions internal discussions. If you wish to receive this data
please just send an email to
RESEARCH.LUBS@leeds.ac.uk
<mailto:
RESEARCH.LUBS@leeds.ac.uk>.
AS NOTED, ALL YOUR RESPONSES WILL REMAIN STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND ONLY
AGGREGATE RESULTS WILL BE REPORTED IN ANY PUBLISHED DOCUMENT OR
INTERNAL PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS. NEITHER THE RESPONDENT NOR YOUR
INSTITUTION WILL BE IDENTIFIED AT ANY STAGE OF THE ANALYSIS, NOR IN ANY
PUBLICATION OF RESULTS.
Should you have any questions, or need additional information please
contact Hannah Preston or Shona McCulloch at +44 (0)113 343 8754 or
RESEARCH.LUBS@leeds.ac.uk <mailto:
RESEARCH.LUBS@leeds.ac.uk>.
To complete the questionnaire please use the following link:
https://leedsubs.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_dnZubEQBE4ZKF1z
Thank you in advance for your valuable time and support, it is greatly
appreciated.
*ps … please feel free to share this email with your colleagues and
senior school administrators.*
/Timothy M. Devinney/
University Leadership Chair and Professor of International Business, Pro
Dean of Research & Innovation
Leeds University Business School
Maurice Keyworth Building
University of Leeds | Leeds | LS2 9JT |
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