RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF TENURED AND NONTENURED FACULTY IN U.S. UNIVERSITIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FOUR FIELDS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

This study examines differences between the tenured and nontenured faculty in research productivity. The major hypothesis tested is that, in a given unit of time, the tenured faculty demonstrates and publishes its research more than the nontenured faculty. The study does not unequivocally verify this hypothesis for published books and articles. Policy implications of these findings in the context of designing an optimal reward system are discussed and explicated.