Evaluating Faculty Research in the Electronic Age: Business School Deans' Perceptions of Publication Formats
http://businesscommunication.org/conventions/Proceedings/2004/PDFs/20ABC04.PDF

Hynes, Geraldine E. and Robert Stretcher
Association for Business Communication
2005

Abstract:

Perhaps the most obvious example of innovation in faculty performance is the adoption of new technologies for research. Both administrators and faculty have expressed concern about the role that electronic publications play in their research evaluation systems, particularly in Business Schools, where scholarly publication is often emphasized over other activities. Yet, there appears to be no empirical evidence for the way that electronic journals, conference proceedings, and abstracts are evaluated compared to printed paper versions. Therefore, this study sought to determine how Business School Deans regard the physical form in which their faculty are publishing.