Examples of typical quotes from Critical Adaptors
| I cannot say yet. Perhaps it motivates me to write more, as I have committed to a certain amount of journal articles in my work plan. (2010) |
| Depending on my superior, sometimes positively and sometimes negatively. Mostly negatively. (2010) |
| It is a controversial matter. Performance measurement has brought a certain assertiveness, which I think is positive […]. However, it easily goes a bit too far and turns into a slave driver. The best results in universities come when there's some flexibility and fun in the making. I must admit that in my own case, the sense of flexibility and fun has been lost occasionally. (2010) |
| Varying—sometimes it motivates, sometimes it discourages. Mostly, it creates pressure. (2010) |
| I'm highly motivated in my work, but the current system causes some anxiety and feelings of insufficiency because […] the things that actually get rewarded [in PM], that is, the research credits [produced mostly by refereed articles] must typically be scraped together during one's “own private time.” (2010) |
| Well, the possibility to increase your salary spurs you to do and try a bit more. However, this causes stress, and if you take on too many things, you just cannot do them properly, and the quality of your work might suffer. However, the genuine interest in your field and the intrinsic will to perform well in your work are much greater sources of motivation than performance measurement is. (2015) |
| Performance measurement affects my work motivation negatively. The real aim should be doing persistent research. Monitoring and reporting take time and steal the focus from the actual work. These activities also cause stress and create pressure to make one's achievements visible, which increases the possibility of burnout and makes the work feel futile. High-quality research takes time. The yearly evaluation spurs people to publish incomplete studies and doesn’t really depict people's real abilities to do research. (2015) |
| Negatively. Unnecessary stress accumulates on everybody due to the need to collect credits and publish as much as possible so that the wheels keep turning, and the quality should still not be neglected. (2015) |
| Usually negatively. Narrow indicators direct work to peculiar tracks that have very little to do with any reason. Research, in particular, is based on passion, and these [PM] arrangements do not really support it. (2015) |
| I cannot say yet. Perhaps it motivates me to write more, as I have committed to a certain amount of journal articles in my work plan. (2010) |
| Depending on my superior, sometimes positively and sometimes negatively. Mostly negatively. (2010) |
| It is a controversial matter. Performance measurement has brought a certain assertiveness, which I think is positive […]. However, it easily goes a bit too far and turns into a slave driver. The best results in universities come when there's some flexibility and fun in the making. I must admit that in my own case, the sense of flexibility and fun has been lost occasionally. (2010) |
| Varying—sometimes it motivates, sometimes it discourages. Mostly, it creates pressure. (2010) |
| I'm highly motivated in my work, but the current system causes some anxiety and feelings of insufficiency because […] the things that actually get rewarded [in PM], that is, the research credits [produced mostly by refereed articles] must typically be scraped together during one's “own private time.” (2010) |
| Well, the possibility to increase your salary spurs you to do and try a bit more. However, this causes stress, and if you take on too many things, you just cannot do them properly, and the quality of your work might suffer. However, the genuine interest in your field and the intrinsic will to perform well in your work are much greater sources of motivation than performance measurement is. (2015) |
| Performance measurement affects my work motivation negatively. The real aim should be doing persistent research. Monitoring and reporting take time and steal the focus from the actual work. These activities also cause stress and create pressure to make one's achievements visible, which increases the possibility of burnout and makes the work feel futile. High-quality research takes time. The yearly evaluation spurs people to publish incomplete studies and doesn’t really depict people's real abilities to do research. (2015) |
| Negatively. Unnecessary stress accumulates on everybody due to the need to collect credits and publish as much as possible so that the wheels keep turning, and the quality should still not be neglected. (2015) |
| Usually negatively. Narrow indicators direct work to peculiar tracks that have very little to do with any reason. Research, in particular, is based on passion, and these [PM] arrangements do not really support it. (2015) |
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