Role Strain in University Research Centers

2007/07/01 by Craig Boardman, Barry Bozeman · 39 citations
Decision Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Computer science #Innovation Policy and R&D #Law #Library science #Management #Media studies #Political science #Public administration #Public policy #Public relations #Public university #Research, Science, and Academia #Sociology #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · doi:10.1080/00221546.2007.11772323

published in The Journal of Higher Education 78(4), 430-463 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsCraig BoardmanCraig Boardman is research staff member at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC. Barry Bozeman is Ander Crenshaw Chair and Regents' Professor of Public Policy at the University of Georgia.Barry BozemanCraig Boardman is research staff member at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC. Barry Bozeman is Ander Crenshaw Chair and Regents' Professor of Public Policy at the University of Georgia.

Citations

• A Theory of Role Strain
• The Role-Set: Problems in Sociological Theory
• Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science: Strains and Interests in Professional Ideologies of Scientists

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