TY - GEN digital ID - 131908139 TI - Improving the Evaluation of Scholarly Work : The Application of Service Theory AU - Gummesson, Evert AU - Díaz-Méndez, Montserrat AU - Saren, Michael PY - 2022 SN - 9783031176623 9783031176616 9783031176630 9783031176647 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - Sociology KW - Industrial economics KW - Teaching KW - Higher education KW - Operational research. Game theory KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Planning (firm) KW - Civil engineering. Building industry KW - HO (hoger onderwijs) KW - sociologie KW - didactiek KW - industrie KW - mathematische modellen KW - onderzoeksmethoden KW - econometrie KW - operationeel onderzoek UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131908139 AB - This book aims to stimulate debate in the growing and highly controversial area of measuring scholarly work. The authors examine key aspects of this topic through the lens of the latest theoretical developments in service science and associated fields. It includes chapters explaining the theoretical developments and methodological aspects of measuring the quality of academic teaching and research, while other chapters provide a review and analysis of various types of scholarly work metrics and processes with examples from several countries, cultures, and educational systems. The current growing concern about higher education (HE) quality has prompted institutions to divide university teachers' work into different areas and to design methods aimed at measuring the productivity of these areas. It is widely accepted that the need to evaluate HE service quality is a relevant issue for any society. However, the authors argue that most of the current practices used in the pursuit of this objective are jeopardizing the future of the university as a place of knowledge generation, science evolution and professional education. ER -