The Relation Between Research Productivity and Teaching Effectiveness: Empirical Evidence for Accounting Educators

A study investigates the relation between research productivity and teaching effectiveness for 473 accounting faculty members at 31 US universities. Several questions were addressed: 1. Is there a systematic association between teaching effectiveness and research productivity? 2. Are certain dimensi...

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Published inAccounting horizons Vol. 7; no. 4; p. 33
Main Authors Bell, Timothy B, Frecka, Thomas J, Solomon, Ira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sarasota, Fla Sarasota, FL :American Accounting Association, c1987 01.12.1993
American Accounting Association
Subjects
Accounting
Author productivity
Colleges & universities
Curricula
Education
Effectiveness
Hypotheses
Productivity
Statistical analysis
Students
Studies
Teacher evaluations
Teaching
United States > US
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Summary:A study investigates the relation between research productivity and teaching effectiveness for 473 accounting faculty members at 31 US universities. Several questions were addressed: 1. Is there a systematic association between teaching effectiveness and research productivity? 2. Are certain dimensions of teaching effectiveness consistently associated with greater research productivity? 3. Which publications have the stronger association with teaching effectiveness? The results show generally positive associations between teaching effectiveness and publication, particularly research, productivity for the database as a whole. There is a positive, statistically reliable association between accounting teaching effectiveness and research productivity. Publication in the major research journals has the most consistent postitve association with teaching effectiveness.
ISSN:0888-7993
1558-7975