Catching up with the Core or the Red Queen Phenomenon? Publication Strategies of Top Local Government Scholars in the Context of Centrality, Institutional Reforms and Career Length

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  • Author(s): Wirginia Aksztejn (ORCID Wirginia Aksztejn (ORCID 0000-0003-2745-0151); Anna Dabrowska (ORCID Anna Dabrowska (ORCID 0000-0002-9996-2319); Pawel Swianiewicz (ORCID Pawel Swianiewicz (ORCID 0000-0002-1890-6738)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Higher Education Quarterly. 2024 78(4).
  • Publication Date:
    2024
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      21
    • Subject Terms:
      Foreign Countries; Researchers; Writing for Publication; Publishing Industry; Scholarship; Strategic Planning; Publications; Reputation; Local Government; Tenure; Productivity; Age Differences; Selection Criteria
    • Subject Terms:
      Europe
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/hequ.12528
    • ISSN:
      0951-5224
      1468-2273
    • Abstract:
      This paper investigates publication strategies of the most distinguished local government researchers in eight European countries. Drawing upon dependency theory, accumulative advantage theory and 'utility maximizing' theory, we compare publication strategies of scholars from countries that vary in terms of the distance from the core of academic knowledge production, also taking into consideration their career length (academic age). The two publication strategies compared are international visibility and domestic visibility. The analysis confirmed the hypothesis that younger scholars are more prone to adopt internationalization strategy which has been institutionally incentivized by NPM reforms. However, the difference among core, catching-up and peripheral countries is not as sizeable as expected.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1445626