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Establishing the determinants of internal reputation: the case of R&D scientists
Author(s) -
Jones O.,
Sullivan T.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1994.tb00888.x
Subject(s) - reputation , bachelor , context (archaeology) , sample (material) , public relations , scope (computer science) , population , perception , psychology , sociology , political science , social science , law , computer science , paleontology , chemistry , demography , chromatography , biology , programming language , neuroscience
Abstract This paper discusses the factors which determine the human resource reputations of science‐based organisations. Reputation, in this context, refers to the extent to which scientists regard the department in which they work as a good employer, and implicitly, a good place to practise science. As a consequence, this study is concerned with internal rather than external reputation. The R&D departments of ten science‐based organisations employing approximately 1500 scientists were included in the study. The sample of 402 respondents was representative, in terms of age, sex, qualifications and experience, of the population of scientists in the organizations included in the research. All employees were educated to at least the level of a Bachelor of Science degree (BSc) and in many cases had obtained a higher degree, Master of Science (7.0%), or Doctor of Philosophy (35.6%). The perceptions of employees are reported; it was beyond the scope of the research to examine the managerial views on reputation.