Thesis
The role and development of the research administration profession in higher education
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101020
Abstract
Research administration is described in this study as the profession dedicated to the successful administration of research endeavors in the academy and beyond. This study utilizes a thematic approach to examine the unified literature base of the peer reviewed publications dedicated to the profession and address two questions: (1) What are the major themes in the literature dedicated to research administration? (2) What could the next ten years of the profession look like? The data analyzed spans forty years from both the Journal of the Society of Research Administrators (and its successor the Journal of Research Administration) and Research Management Review. Findings include fortytwo elemental sub-codes classifying the components of research administration, organized under three hierarchical organizational stems. Findings also include the identification of four major eras in the profession including persistent and emerging thematic elements by era. Using the elemental sub-codes and using an interrelationship of sub-codes and functional area matrix, this study discovered four major themes in the profession. The analysis of the sub-codes, eras and identified themes provides a framework for the identification of potential next steps in the research administration profession. The study concludes with a series of recommendations for future research.
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- Title
- The role and development of the research administration profession in higher education
- Creators
- Daniel Ray Lehne Campbell
- Contributors
- D. Michael Pavel (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525272601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis