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"Impact Engineering" or Social Responsibility?: A Debate on the Responsibilities of Academics and Ways to Combine Scientific with Practice Impact
Journal
Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE)
ISSN
2363-7005
ISSN-Digital
1867-0202
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2015-08-01
Author(s)
Frank, Ulrich
Mertens, Peter
Koenig, Wolfgang
Scheer, August-Wilhelm
Buhl, Hans Ulrich
Buxmann, Peter
Legner, Christine
Suhl, Leena
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract (De)
In recent years, our discipline has been subject to a development that affects its core and has already triggered clearly perceptible changes. This development is characterized by two main aspects. The undoubtedly legitimate demand for internationalization scientic competition does not stop at country or language barriers creates a need to publish in English. At the same time, Business and Information Systems Engineering is also confronted with increasing and more complex justication challenges. Under the influence of international conventions, another reputation mechanism has gained significance in recent years, namely scientic impact. The transformation process outlined here matters to many of us, especially those who are considering an academic career. It is connected with the fundamental question of how university professors in our discipline should shoulder their social responsibilities on the one hand, and how they should respond to the increasing use of indicators for the comparative evaluation of scientic performance on the other. In our opinion, the classic ideal is not an increasing focus on individual impact dimensions or even publication channels, but the combination of two interrelated contributions.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Springer Gabler
Publisher place
Wiesbaden
Volume
57
Number
4
Start page
279
End page
292
Pages
14
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
242770