RT journal article
T1 Exploring the determinants of scientific productivity: a proposed typology of researchers
A1 Ballesteros-Rodríguez, José Luis
A1 de Saá-Pérez, Petra
A1 García Carbonell, Natalia
A1 Martín Alcázar, Fernando
A1 Sánchez Gardey, Gonzalo
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 Human capital
K1 Motivation
K1 Academic researchers
K1 Typology
K1 Scientific productivity
AB Purpose – Although several previous studies were focused on examining the determinants of researchproductivity, the knowledge of the competences and motives that lead researchers to achieve relevantscientific performance remains unclear. This paper is aimed at contributing to this gap in the researchby proposing a typology to understand academic researchers’ traits and extending the traditional“more is better” approach, which assumes that higher levels of competence and motivation are alwayspreferable.Design/methodology/approach – Cluster analysis was applied to a sample of 471 Spanish academics toexamine diverse combinations of human capital attributes – knowledge, skills, and abilities – and two sourcesof motivation – intrinsic and extrinsic.Findings – Four researcher profiles were identified: (1) high vocational academics; (2) motivated academics; (3) self-starter academics and (4) reactive academics. Based on these preliminary findings, we present conclusions about the functioning and productivity of academic researchers.Originality/value – This paper contributes a novel typology of researchers to the extant literature based onthe variables of academic human capital and motivation. The findings indicate that a required and specificcombination of attributes better fits the reality of research activities.
PB Emerald Publishing Limited
SN 1758-7468
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37994
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37994
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-nov-2026