Research strategies : A bibliometric study/analysis of the first sixteen volumes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authorship patterns of the first 16 volumes of Research Strategies are examined, including gender, collaboration, and professional and institutional affiliations, and references are analyzed by type and age.
Abstract: This analysis of the first 16 volumes of Research Strategies examines authorship patterns, including gender, collaboration. and professional and institutional affiliation. All references in the first 16 volumes are analyzed by type and age. Journals most often referenced in Research Strategies. and journals most often citing articles in Research Strategies are included in the analysis. Two of the questions the authors sought to answer were whether the percentage of research articles published in Research Strategies had increased over time, and whether the number of Research Strategies articles cited by other journals had increased.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the advantage of history confers on organisations is based on understanding when the knowledge of the past is referenced and the reasons why it is strategically communicated.
Abstract: History has long been recognised as a strategic and organisational resource. However, until recently, the advantage conferred by history was attributed to a firm’s ability to accumulate heterogeneous resources or develop opaque practices. In contrast, we argue that the advantage history confers on organisations is based on understanding when the knowledge of the past is referenced and the reasons why it is strategically communicated. We argue that managers package this knowledge in historical narratives to address particular organisational concerns and audiences. As well, we show that different historical narratives are produced with the goal of achieving different organisational outcomes. The success of an organisation is thus dependent on the ability of its managers to skilfully develop historical narratives that create a strategic advantage.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the feasibility of making arrangements for Arctic governance legally binding and conclude that the case for spending political capital on an effort to negotiate the terms of an Arctic Ocean treaty is weak.
Abstract: Many analysts argue that responding effectively to the transformative changes occurring in the Arctic will require the creation of an Arctic Ocean treaty or even a more comprehensive treaty covering the whole Arctic. This article explores this line of thinking critically. In doing so, it addresses three distinct but related questions: 1) Is there a need for an Arctic Ocean framework agreement? 2) Where should we focus our attention along the integration-fragmentation spectrum? 3) Would it help to make arrangements for Arctic governance legally binding? The conclusion is that the case for spending political capital on an effort to negotiate the terms of an Arctic Ocean treaty is weak. But this need not be regarded as a cause for pessimism. A more multidimensional Arctic governance complex is emerging and is likely to continue to develop during the coming years.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the extent to which rural schools understand, perceive and implement participative decision-making (PDM), and highlight achievements in these schools and factors that hindered the proper implementation of PDM.
Abstract: Participative decision-making has increasingly become the agreed-upon model around the world for the operation of schools, particularly those in the public education systems. A critical element of the model is devolving enhanced levels of decision-making from the centre (head of fice) to schools. While this reform is viewed as a positive step, policy based on democratic principles takes some time to filter down to rural schools. The research on which this article is based aimed at investigating the extent to which rural schools understand, perceive and implement participative decision-making (PDM). The inquiry followed a qualitative approach. The findings highlighted achievements in these schools and factors that hindered the proper implementation of PDM. This research recommended that principals should create a space for debate and dialogue for all stakeholders to participate suf ficiently in the school governing body (SGB) structure. Such a platform would allow stakeholders to air out their dissatisfaction and ensure their right to participation on issues dealing with school governance.
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...The need for such a study could arise out of a lack of understanding in a new area of interest or in order to be acquainted with a situation (Fouche 2005)....
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...The need for such a study could arise out of a lack of understanding in a new area of interest or in or der to be acquainted with a situation (Fouche 2005)....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore rural high school learners' experience of mathematics anxiety in academic settings and find that mathematics anxiety has an adverse effect on confidence, motivation and achievement, and it is therefore important for teachers and authorities in education to observe its prevalence and to implement strategies toward the alleviation of the effects of Mathematics anxiety.
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to explore rural high school learners’ experience of mathematics anxiety in academic settings. Mathematics anxiety has been found to have an adverse effect on confidence, motivation and achievement. This quantitative study is exploratory and descriptive in nature. The participants were 403 learners doing mathematics in 18 rural schools in the Free State province of South Africa. Participants completed a 20-item questionnaire and 373 (92.5%) questionnaires were found to contain valid responses and were analysed by a professional statistician at the University of the Free State using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Version 17.0. The questionnaire was tested for reliability using the Cronbach alpha coefficient and was found to have a reliability score of .841, indicating an acceptable reliability coefficient. Findings reveal that all learners sometimes, often, or always experience mathematics anxiety in academic settings. It is therefore important for teachers and authorities in education to observe its prevalence and to implement strategies toward the alleviation of the effects of mathematics anxiety. Keywords: academic settings; achievement; confidence; habitus; learners; mathematics anxiety; rural
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...An exploratory study is conducted to gain insight into a situation, phenomenon, or community or individuals (Bless & Higson-Smith, 1995; De Vos, Strydom, Fouché & Delport, 2011). The need for such a study could arise out of a lack of understanding of a new area of interest, or in order to be acquainted with a situation (Fouché, 2005). According to Neuman (2011) we use exploratory research when the subject is very new or if we know little or nothing about it....
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...An exploratory study is conducted to gain insight into a situation, phenomenon, or community or individuals (Bless & Higson-Smith, 1995; De Vos, Strydom, Fouché & Delport, 2011)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors of sixteen periodicals were analyzed with respect to various characteristics of their authors, including sex, occupation, affiliation, and geographic location, and subject coverage was examined, as well as research methodologies employed (if any), and page length of the article.
Abstract: Sixteen library periodicals were analyzed with respect to various characteristics of their authors, including sex, occupation, affiliation, and geographic location. Subject coverage was also examined, as well as research methodologies employed (if any), and page length of the article. A total of 1, 725 articles are written by 2, 072 authors, of whom 961 (47.83%) are male and 1,048 (52.17%) are female. In spite of the fact that librarianship is female-dominated, there are almost as many articles written by men as by women, although a slow closing of the gap between the proportions of male and female contributors, especially among special librarians, is apparent. No differences in the percentages of research-based studies or non-research based writing by either sex are evident. Academic librarians account for the major share of publication activity (over 61%), although on a percentage basis, library school faculty are the most productive. Full professors publish the most in library schools, closely followed by assistant professors. The Northeast and the Midwest claim the largest share of authors, not too surprising with the large share of academic institutions and library schools located in these two geographic regions. Research-based articles are on the increase, with survey methodology reported the most frequently. The subjects of automation, management, and cataloging are still the most popular. Individual journal titles are also analyzed with respect to the types of authors they publish.
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TL;DR: The goal of the scientometric analysis presented in this article was to investigate international and regional periodicals in the field of library and information science (LIS) by means of a citation analysis and a reader survey, which identified answers to questions like: Does reading behavior correlate with the journal impact factor?
Abstract: The goal of the scientometric analysis presented in this article was to investigate international and regional (i.e., German-language) periodicals in the field of library and information science (LIS). This was done by means of a citation analysis and a reader survey. For the citation analysis, impact factor, citing half-life, number of references per article, and the rate of self-references of a periodical were used as indicators. In addition, the leading LIS periodicals were mapped. For the 40 international periodicals, data were collected from ISI’s Social Sciences Citation Index Journal Citation Reports (JCR); the citations of the 10 German-language journals were counted manually (overall 1,494 source articles with 10,520 citations). Altogether, the empirical base of the citation analysis consisted of nearly 90,000 citations in 6,203 source articles that were published between 1997 and 2000. The expert survey investigated reading frequency, applicability of the journals to the job of the reader, publication frequency, and publication preference both for all respondents and for different groups among them (practitioners vs. scientists, librarians vs. documentalists vs. LIS scholars, public sector vs. information industry vs. other private company employees). The study was conducted in spring 2002. A total of 257 questionnaires were returned by information specialists from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Having both citation and readership data, we performed a comparative analysis of these two data sets. This enabled us to identify answers to questions like: Does reading behavior correlate with the journal impact factor? Do readers prefer journals with a short or a long half-life, or with a low or a high number of references? Is there any difference in this matter among librarians, documentalists, and LIS scholars?
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used two different approaches to compile bibliometric data to compare publishing patterns of five different disciplines that encompass Molecular Biology; Administration/Political Science, Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology/Anthropology.
Abstract: The use of bibliometric data is a means of comparing research productivity and scholarly impact for individuals, work groups, institutions and nations within and between disciplines Central to this debate is the notion that disciplines differ in the ways in which,they exchange ideas and disseminate information and therefore have diverse publishing and citation patterns In this article we use two different approaches to compiling bibliometric data to compare publishing patterns of five different disciplines that encompass Molecular Biology; Administration/Political Science, Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology/Anthropology We find that the social sciences differ from each other as well as from the physical sciences in their publication and citation patterns Further, while the different ways of organizing the data produce somewhat different results, the substantive findings for the general patterning of publications and citations of disciplines are consistent for both data sets Sociology/Anthropology, when compared with the other disciplines, shows substantial differences across universities
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified the non-library science fields or disciplines that cited articles published in the library journals included in this study by using the journal subject categories on DIALOG.
Abstract: Are librarians the only ones who read and cite articles published in library science journals ? Research reported here shows that disciplines citing library science articles include computer science, medicine, psychology, the social sciences, and general sciences. This study's methodology involved using Social SciSearch on DIALOG to analyze citations to twenty-four library science journals over a twenty-year period. The authors identified the nonlibrary science fields or disciplines that cited articles published in the library journals included in this study by using the journal subject categories on DIALOG. Although citations from other fields are higher than previous studies indicate, comparison with other fields in the social sciences shows that library science is not commanding citations at the level of the more developed fields.
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