Examples of typical quotes from Humboldtians
| Performance measurement has increased the amount of unnecessary work, which takes time from the actual productive work. I expect that performance measurement will decrease the quality of [bachelor's, master's, and doctoral] degrees and teaching as the indicators currently measure the number of degrees and credits. (2010) |
| My work motivation has been decreasing, and while I used to do a lot of work during the weekends and evenings, now I only do what is absolutely necessary. As I see it, the politicians have raped the universities with the mandate of the business world, and I feel like I'm living in an occupied territory. I feel that the government is the greatest enemy of free science. (2010) |
| The effect is absolutely negative; in the long run, the effects of this plutocratic rule will be devastating both for individuals and society. (2010) |
| It stresses me out. I'm a person of high intrinsic motivation and I always do my best, especially in teaching. However, the constant surveillance, monitoring, and counting of outputs are really demotivating and unpleasant. (2015) |
| It lowers it [work motivation] considerably. Performance measurement is ridiculous and unfair, and a scholar who is trained to think critically cannot swallow it. It doesn’t suit academia at all. In science, the motivation originates completely from somewhere else than from the infantile practices [copied from] the business world. (2015) |
| It either has no effect at all because I don’t care about it or the effect is solely negative as this “performance measurement” is not interested in the content and quality of research but just in easily measurable matters—meaning, in practice, the number of publications. (2015) |
| Well, not in any way; one's own intrinsic motivation is always more important and a more sustainable source of motivation than external sanctions and monitoring are. (2015) |
| Extremely negatively. Everybody knows that the “performance measurement” is idiotic. It makes me angry to do unnecessary work [due to PM]. It leads to a situation where opportunistic people advance in their careers and those who are gifted and take their work seriously will suffer. (2015) |
| There's a minor effect. Developing one's work in both teaching and research is driven by intrinsic motivation and a desire to develop and advance one's field of science. (2015) |
| It does no't improve work motivation when everything is being monitored. The academic freedom that once felt compelling and has been a privilege for those in the academic world has vanished almost entirely. (2015) |
| Performance measurement has increased the amount of unnecessary work, which takes time from the actual productive work. I expect that performance measurement will decrease the quality of [bachelor's, master's, and doctoral] degrees and teaching as the indicators currently measure the number of degrees and credits. (2010) |
| My work motivation has been decreasing, and while I used to do a lot of work during the weekends and evenings, now I only do what is absolutely necessary. As I see it, the politicians have raped the universities with the mandate of the business world, and I feel like I'm living in an occupied territory. I feel that the government is the greatest enemy of free science. (2010) |
| The effect is absolutely negative; in the long run, the effects of this plutocratic rule will be devastating both for individuals and society. (2010) |
| It stresses me out. I'm a person of high intrinsic motivation and I always do my best, especially in teaching. However, the constant surveillance, monitoring, and counting of outputs are really demotivating and unpleasant. (2015) |
| It lowers it [work motivation] considerably. Performance measurement is ridiculous and unfair, and a scholar who is trained to think critically cannot swallow it. It doesn’t suit academia at all. In science, the motivation originates completely from somewhere else than from the infantile practices [copied from] the business world. (2015) |
| It either has no effect at all because I don’t care about it or the effect is solely negative as this “performance measurement” is not interested in the content and quality of research but just in easily measurable matters—meaning, in practice, the number of publications. (2015) |
| Well, not in any way; one's own intrinsic motivation is always more important and a more sustainable source of motivation than external sanctions and monitoring are. (2015) |
| Extremely negatively. Everybody knows that the “performance measurement” is idiotic. It makes me angry to do unnecessary work [due to PM]. It leads to a situation where opportunistic people advance in their careers and those who are gifted and take their work seriously will suffer. (2015) |
| There's a minor effect. Developing one's work in both teaching and research is driven by intrinsic motivation and a desire to develop and advance one's field of science. (2015) |
| It does no't improve work motivation when everything is being monitored. The academic freedom that once felt compelling and has been a privilege for those in the academic world has vanished almost entirely. (2015) |
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