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Cosmopolitan-local orientations as predictors of scientific productivity, organizational productivity, and job satisfaction for scientists and engineers
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In this article, the predictive power of the cosmopolitan-local construct was explored using data from over 400 civilian scientists and engineers in four Air Force Research and Development Laboratories (AFRL).Abstract:Â
Data from over 400 civilian scientists and engineers in four Air Force Research and Development Laboratories were used to explore the predictive power of the cosmopolitan-local construct. Those respondents who scored high on the cosmopolitan dimension (concern with contribution to science) tended to score high on the scientific productivity dimension (publish papers in professional journals and present papers at symposia). Similarly, high scores on the local dimensions (concern for the employing organization) were found with high scores on the organizational productivity dimension (write laboratory technical reports and memoranda). Job satisfaction was positively associated with the local orientation and unassociated with the cosmopolitan orientation. The interaction or combined effect of the two orientations yielded no additional predictive power over that of the separate orientations.read more
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Organizational Loyalty, Professional Commitment, and Academic Research Productivity
TL;DR: This paper examined the relationships between organizational loyalty, professional commitment, and research productivity of 84 professors at a large Midwestern university and found that loyalty, commitment and productivity correlated with research productivity.
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The Local-Cosmopolitan Scientist
TL;DR: In contrast to previous discussions in the literature treating cosmopolitan and local as two distinct groups of scientists, the authors demonstrates the notion of cosmo-local as a dual orientation of highly motivated scientists.
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The Dimensionality of the Cosmopolitan-Local Construct.
TL;DR: A reanalysis of the questionnaire data without the constraints imposed by replication produced six factors, the most stable of which measured rule tropism-a concept that for some issues possesses more explanatory power than does the cosmopolitan-local construct as mentioned in this paper.
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Cosmopolitan-Local: A Factor Analysis of the Construct.
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Local-Cosmopolitan Orientations and Career Strategies for Specialists
Andre L. Delbecq,Eliot S. Elfner +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Thompson, Avery, and Carlson model for career strategies is applied to occupational orientation toward either the employing or non-employing orientations, and the results show that these strategies relate well with occupational orientation.