Herding Cats? Management and University Performance
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Published version
Author(s)
McCormack, J
Propper, C
Smith, S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Using a tried and tested measure of management practices that has been shown to predict firm performance, we survey nearly 250 departments across 100+ UK universities. We find large differences in management scores across universities and that departments in older, research-intensive universities score higher than departments in newer, more teaching-oriented universities. We also find that management matters in universities. The scores, particularly with respect to provision of incentives for staff recruitment, retention and promotion are correlated with both teaching and research performance conditional on resources and past performance. Moreover, this relationship holds for all universities, not just research-intensive ones.
Date Issued
2014-08
Date Acceptance
2013-09-03
Citation
The Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (578), pp.F534-F564
ISSN
1468-0297
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
F534
End Page
F564
Journal / Book Title
The Economic Journal
Volume
124
Issue
578
Copyright Statement
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
Grant Number
ES/J023108/1
Subjects
Social Sciences
Economics
Business & Economics
INCENTIVES
EFFICIENCY
14 Economics
Economics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2014-03-26