Chubb, Jennifer Alison (2020) A conducive environment? The role of need support in the higher education workplace and its effect on academics' experiences of research assessment in the UK. Higher Education Quarterly. pp. 146-160. ISSN 1468-2273
Abstract
Little is known about how researchers in higher education institutions (HEIs) experience and respond to support received from their departments. The present study investigated how support for researchers' autonomy (choice and self-expression), relatedness (through connections with colleagues) and competence (feeling effective in one's work) influenced their attitudes towards an external assessment of research. To do so, we surveyed 598 academics from four HEIs in the UK about their attitudes towards one such external assessment: the Research Excellence Framework (REF), a nationwide assessment of research quality and the subject of debate about research evaluation. Our findings, drawing on self-determination theory, show that departments can shape responses to the REF: individuals whose psychological needs were supported by their academic departments held more positive, and less negative, attitudes towards the REF. This occurred both directly and indirectly through researchers' recognition that the REF had a more positive influence on their research activities and outputs.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. Higher Education Quarterly published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
Keywords: | ASSESSMENT,RESEARCH,PSYCHOLOGY |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2021 12:40 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 17:53 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12259 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/hequ.12259 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:178650 |