Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214369 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2006-23
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel
Abstract: 
Research evaluation is praised as the symbol of modern quality management. We claim firstly, performance evaluations in research have higher costs than normally assumed, because the evaluated persons and institutions systematically change their behavior and develop counter strategies. Moreover, intrinsic work motivation is crowded out and undesired lock-in effects take place. Secondly, the benefits of performance evaluations are questionable. Evaluations provide too little information relevant for decision-making. In addition, they lose importance due to new forms of scientific cooperation on the internet. Thirdly, there exist superior alternatives. They consist in careful selection and supportive process coaching - and then leave individuals and research institutions to direct themselves.
Subjects: 
Evaluation
rankings
hidden costs
multi tasking
intrinsic motivation
control theory
selection
JEL: 
C44
D02
D61
D72
H52
I23
M12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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