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Excerpt from Scientists at Major and Minor Universities, Mobility Along the Prestige Continuum: September, 1992
Turning the question around, some investigators suggest that the prestige of an academic department may be an important contributing factor to a scientist's productivity (hargens and Hagstrom 1967; Allison and Long Although Hargens and Hagstrom (1967) are unable to show that institutional Standing influences productivity on the individual level, they do provide evidence on the aggregate level. Furthermore, Cole and Cole (1973) and Long (1978) find that institutional prestige may be nearly as important as research performance, while Crane (1965) finds institutional prestige more important than research performance in determining the amount of recognition (in terms ofrewards, honors.
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