Scholarly activity of successful business researchers in the tertiary sector

Abstract

There are increasing pressures on tertiary institutions and academics to provide research. In New Zealand the pressure to conduct research comes from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA), the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF), and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA). While the pressure increases there appears to be little published discussion of the scholarly activity of researchers. Of the published research available it has been researched using quantitative approaches from research output databases or using surveys. This research intends to investigate what scholarly activity researchers do to generate and produce research that is considered successful. Qualitative data using interviews will be collected from tertiary academic researchers and analysed. Parts of the research will be submitted for publication later in an appropriate journal.