Abstract
<p>Universities as science production centers are institutions that bring diverse information together. It is noteworthy that no longer these institutions have more international and heterogeneous structures. Qualified foreign academicians with the educational culture of a different country get universities stronger with these differences and knowledge, and improve the universities’ academic performance. Considering this idea in this research the effect of the number of foreign academicians to the academic performance of universities is investigated. For this purpose, the effect and correlation between performance rates of 130 universities of Turkey and the number of the foreign academicians, which is evaluated by University Ranking by Academic Performance Research Laboratory (URAP), have been revealed with correlation and regression analysis. As a consequence, a positive and weak relationship was determined between the number of foreign academicians and performance. Also the number of the foreign instructors affects the performance of the universities positively.</p>
Highlights
The heterogeneity and internationalization of the universities gradually increase with the support of university administrations and the state (Park, 2009)
When it is considered that academicians have limited sources and capacities and have the ability to improve their capacity by contacting other researchers (Abbasi&Jaafari,2013) it will be beneficial to have foreign academicians in this network (Barjak & Robinson, 2008)
Data on the academic performance of the universities in Turkey were obtained from the website of University Ranking by Academic Performance Research Laboratory (URAP) and they were transferred to another Excel spreadsheet
Summary
The heterogeneity and internationalization of the universities gradually increase with the support of university administrations and the state (Park, 2009). Due to the heterogeneity and internationalization of the universities, academicians wtih different research culture can join to these universities. Academic collaboration will result in academic publishing and so affects the performance of the universities in a positive way. From this point of view, in this research the effect of number of foreign academicians on the performance of the universities was examined. As a result of this research the contribution was provided to the literature about cultural differences on universities. The lack of such a study on the universities of Turkey offer added value to the study. It is believed that the results of the study will provide guidance to establish the academic staff structures of universities
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