Abstract
The value of academic research is increasingly measured through research metrics, including individual, journal or institutional rankings. Extensive literature on metrification argues that the increasing use of metrics is detrimental to the research enterprise and academic freedom. The attitudes and perceptions of individual academics towards research metrics and their perceived and potential effects are less well understood. This paper reports findings from interviews with business school academics on how they make sense of and respond to research metrics. Our findings reveal a plurality of attitudes towards metrics, ranging from skepticism and distrust, to indifference, and even appreciation and acceptance. Participants identified publishing in top-tier journals and obtaining grant funding as key performance requirements. This narrow focus on measurable outcomes invites questions about what other aspects of academic life might be neglected or de-emphasized.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
Editors | Tung X. Bui |
Publisher | University of Hawaii |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780998133171 |
Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Event | 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2024: HICSS 2024 - Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, United States Duration: 03 Jan 2024 → 06 Jan 2024 https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/communities/9d4848f6-1815-43f1-bcb5-be17e430d153 https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-57/ (Proceedings) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nn_1jA0rBjm07uzZbEjS56DYlJblclOYzl24R2Cxg34/edit?gid=1723241836#gid=1723241836 (Schedule) https://web.archive.org/web/20240106201953/https://hicss.hawaii.edu/ (Conference website on Wayback Machine) |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
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Publisher | University of Hawaii |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2572-6862 |
Conference
Conference | 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2024 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Honolulu |
Period | 03/01/24 → 06/01/24 |
Other | We are pleased to release the proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). With all-time high submission records, and thanks to the diligent work of 2,782 reviewers, we welcome 764 papers to our 2024 HICSS edition. The following HICSS research tracks continue to attract a significant amount of submissions: Internet and the Digital Economy (235) Organizational Systems and Technology (234) Decision Analytics and Service Sciences (214) Collaboration Systems and Technologies (168) Information Technology in Healthcare (159) Digital and Social Media (146) This year marks four consecutive years of having the Location Intelligence as an invited track at HICSS. We continue to nurture a new area of MIS research due to its potential in bringing the context of location to business analytics and problem solving as it has become an integral part of today’s decision-making and planning paradigms. This year, we have also created a second invited track on “IT, Social Justice, and Marginalized Contexts” to respond to a rising global concern of unfavorable or unfair effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on marginalized populations. This track calls for research that mitigates the risks of constructing a future where technological spaces, digital applications, and machine intelligence mirror a narrow and privileged vision of society with its biases and stereotypes. The number of submissions (82) reflects the growing interest and the need to address socio-technical issues with regard to digital inequities and social injustices. All together, the 8,000-page conference proceedings covers a comprehensive spectrum of research related to the theories, concepts, methodologies, development and evaluation of ICT applications and all human activities, in particular in business and society. |
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