Full-time Professors Research Articles

Examining the Employment Profile of Institutions Under the Mission-Driven Classification System and the Impact of Collective Bargaining

The focus of this study is an analysis of institutions, salary expenditures, employment categories (full-time professors by academic rank), and number and average pay of full-time faculty. Our new mission-driven classification system provides the framework for the analysis and specifically presents the data by both the presence or lack of a collective bargaining agreement. The goal of this paper is to illustrate differences in monetary compensation of full time faculty using the mission-driven classification system (as opposed to the Carnegie Classification) and to see the impact of the presence or lack of collective bargaining agreements. We argue that the Carnegie Classification is not how state officials--governors, legislators, and the general public view higher education in America. We argue that a public frame is needed to understand, support, and advance public higher education. We present data that shows difference by geographic type (rural, suburban, urban) for a much more precise understanding of how collective bargaining impacts faculty salaries.

Institutional Organisation and the Visual Identity within the Physical Education and Sports Faculties in Romania

This research has as main purpose to analyse the dependent variable known as institutional visual identity consistency within higher education institutions that have Physical Education and Sports, and Kinetotherapy departments within Romania, with the means of the independent variables known as institutional organisation characteristics (knowledge strategy, methods and support). Given the survey and the hypotheses used are adapted from the academic literature, this research has as purpose to identify the connections between these constructs and the effects the independent variables have on the dependent variables. The research was undergone in seven departments with a physical education and sports and kinetotherapy profile from the following cities: Iasi, Bacau, Suceava, Galati, Craiova, Cluj-Napoca and Oradea. The survey has been applied on full-time professors with at least three years experience within these academic institutions. This study is trying to confirm or infirm the following statement: the positive or negative connection between the institutional organisation characteristics and the consistency of institutional visual identity.

Editorial introductions

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology was launched in 1985. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The field of gastroenterology is divided into 12 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Chantal HoussetChantal HoussetChantal Housset was trained as a Hepatologist in Université Paris 5 René Descartes, France. She was NIH Visiting at University of California San Francisco, USA, in 1992. She obtained a PhD degree from Université Paris 07, France, in 1993 and Research Direction Habilitation from Université Paris 06, France, in 1998. She was appointed fulltime Researcher at INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) in 1994, and full-time Professor in Cell Biology at Université Paris 06, in 2000. She is Course Director of molecular and cellular biology at Sorbonne University Medical School & Life Science Department. She is a member of the Reference Center for Inflammatory Biliary Diseases and Auto-immune Hepatitis, Saint-Antoine Hospital, of the Rare Liver Disease National Network (FILFOIE). She is Director of an INSERM- Sorbonne University Laboratory of translational research in Saint-Antoine Research Center (CRSA). The expertise of the Laboratory relates to the mechanisms responsible for metabolic and biliary diseases of the liver and their progression towards fibrosis. Dr Housset is member of the University National Council (CNU) in Cell Biology. She published 160 articles. Her main scientific contributions relate to the mechanisms of bile secretion, the pathobiology of biliary diseases, the origins and functions of liver myofibroblasts. Eamonn M.M. QuigleyEamonn M.M. QuigleyEamonn M.M. Quigley is Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, USA, Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and David M Underwood Chair of Medicine in Digestive Disorders. A graduate of University College Cork, Ireland, Dr Quigley trained in internal medicine in Glasgow and Manchester, and in gastroenterology in Glasgow, the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, and Manchester. In 1986, he joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, where he ultimately served as Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Returning to Cork in 1998, he served as Dean of the Medical School at UCC for 7 years and was a principal investigator at its Alimentary Pharmabiotic Center from its inception. He served as president of both the American College of Gastroenterology and the World Gastroenterology Organization and is a past editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Clinical and research interests include irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal motility and the role of the gut microbiota and probiotics in health and in gastrointestinal and metabolic disorders.

한양대 법과대학 60년 및 법학전문대학원 10년의 역사적 발자취

Hanyang University College of Law was established in 1959 as the Department of Law, College of Politics and Economics, and it marks the 60th anniversary this year, 2019. At the time, when the status of the college of law was determined by the number of students passed in the judicial examination, Hanyang University Department of Law, a latecomer, which was founded 10 years later than that of major universities in Korea, did not produce judicial examination passers until 1975, more than 10 years after it was established.<BR> However, since the late 1970s, the Hanyang University College of Law has grown rapidly enough to rank the second to the fifth in the number of people who passed judicial examinations among the universities in Korea. The reason for this rapid growth is primarily due to the class to prepare for the judicial examinations, which the university headquarters fully supported to select outstanding students as special scholarship students for the College of Law.<BR> Hanyang University has produced a total of 1,243 lawyers through the judicial examination (including military judicial officers" examination) (including 17 passers outside the College of Law). They play an important role in legal profession, politics, government and academia. Among those who have passed the judicial examinations from the Hanyang University College of Law, there are the Supreme Court Justice, the Chief of the Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Chief of the High Court and the Chief of the District Court, and the Deputy Chief of the Supreme Prosecutor"s Office, the Chief of the High Prosecutor"s Office, the Chief of the District Prosecutor"s Office, and the Secretary of Justice of the President"s Office.<BR> Many Hanyang University College of Law students have passed also administrative examinations, diplomacy examinations or legislative examinations and have entered the bureaucracy. In academia, more than 90 graduates from Hanyang University College of Law have worked as law professors in universities in Korea.<BR> Meanwhile, Hanyang University School of Law was opened in March 2009 under the new legal education system. There are currently 41 full-time professors at work, and former Supreme Court Justice Yang Chang-soo and former Constitutional Judge Seo Ki-seok are chair professors. Hanyang University School of Law has a total of 754 graduates (attainment of master"s degrees) by 2019, and a total of 662 people passed the lawyer examination. Graduates from the School of Law also are showing outstanding abilities in a variety of fields including courts, prosecutors" offices, law firms and large corporations.<BR> In conclusion, both the Hanyang University College of Law with a history of 60 years and its School of Law with a history of 10 years have greatly contributed to the development of law through academic research by professors, and more than 9,000 graduates have demonstrated outstanding abilities in the legal, political, administrative and academic fields. Accordingly, the Hanyang University College of Law and School of Law have established themselves as prestigious law school and can be said to have greatly contributed to the development of the country.

Salud ambiental en interiores: edificios enfermos

Actualmente, las organizaciones públicas o privadas buscan implementar estrategias para lograr un ambiente laboral saludable, con el fin de aumentar la productividad, motivación, satisfacción y calidad de vida laboral de sus empleados. Un aspecto importante son los espacios físicos de trabajo y el ambiente al interior de los edificios, siendo por ejemplo la calidad del aire un problema ambiental, por afectar la salud de sus ocupantes. En este artículo se evalúa el entorno y los espacios de trabajo, así como los síntomas y trastornos de los trabajadores de una dependencia de educación superior en México, lo que permitirá identificar el Síndrome del Edificio Enfermo (SEE) en dos edificios compuestos de varias secciones. Los datos provienen de la aplicación de un instrumento que permitió determinar la percepción de las condiciones de trabajo. La población del estudio está compuesta por dos grupos de empleados de la institución de educación: profesores de tiempo completo (PTC) y personal administrativo (PA). El análisis de los datos permite identificar problemas con el nivel de ruido, calidad del aire interior (percepción de olores no agradables) y el nivel de comodidad con la temperatura ambiental, los cuales fueron estimados a partir de un modelo de regresión logística. Además, se identifican los síntomas oculares que afectan con mayor frecuencia a los trabajadores. Finalmente, se pudieron diagnosticar cuatro secciones de un edificio con características de SEE y señalar que no se observa diferencia significativa por el tiempo de operación que tienen los edificios.

Employment in Academia: To What Extent Are Recent Doctoral Graduates of Various Fields of Study Obtaining Permanent Versus Temporary Academic Jobs in Canada?

While most doctoral students aspire to become a full-time professor, many graduates with doctoral degrees may instead be employed in temporary positions as university teachers or researchers. The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which these early employment experiences differ for doctoral graduates of various fields of study, using Canada as a case study. Drawing on Statistics Canada’s 2013 National Graduates Survey, our results reveal that doctoral graduates of most fields, especially those with degrees in the sciences, arts, and humanities, are more likely to be in temporary forms of academic employment than they are as full-time professors, 3-to-4 years after graduation. The findings highlight the labor market realities facing doctoral graduates in the Canadian academic labor market. They should also be very informative to researchers and policy analysts in other countries where doctoral graduates experience similar challenges navigating academic job markets.

Cross-Disciplinary Professional Development at Community Colleges

ABSTRACTCommunity college teaching is a complex endeavor requiring not only the mastery of disciplinary knowledge but also the pedagogical skills needed to serve this diverse population of students. While many community college faculties are hired with advanced academic degrees, professional experience or both, many often have not had formal pedagogical training. Thus, the challenge for institutions is to determine how best to support faculty in their teaching. This article reports on one college’s attempt at such support. The participants in this study were full-time community college professors engaged in an elective four-semester cross-disciplinary professional development program. This study investigates what these professors perceived to be the benefits and drawbacks of cross-disciplinary professional development, particularly with regard to group peer observation. Data were collected through online surveys, the results of which were complemented by responses in participants’ applications to the program, written reflections and assignments, and exit interviews. The data were recursively coded, categorized, and analyzed through constant comparison method. This article highlights the benefits and drawbacks of cross-disciplinary professional development, particularly in the context of peer observation in faculty learning communities. The findings suggest that departments and college centers for teaching and learning may provide different but complementary forms of pedagogical faculty development.

Management of Excellence in Higher Education According to the European Model of Excellence: A Study Case of College of Education – Skikda

This study aimed to identify the degree of application of excellence management elements according to the European Model of Excellence (EFQM) at the College of Education of Skikda. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive analytical method was used on 95 fulltime professors, selected by the complete census method, participated in the study. To collect data, a questionnaire was used after checking its validity and reliability by calculating the coefficients of correlation and alpha Cronbach where the latter was 0.964. The results showed that the level of application of the European model of excellence in the faculty of education was 71%. It was recommended therefore that more attention and focus should be made to the European model of excellence management by the college administration. The importance and benefits of adopting this recommendation should be made clear to the ministry as well as to other stakeholders.&#x0D; Keywords: excellence management, European model of excellence (EFQM), College of Education, Skikda.

The impact of mouse weight and connection type on muscle activity and performance while gaming

E-sports are popular around the world and has become a full-time profession for an increasing number of players. Specialized keyboards, mice, headphones and gaming workstations have been developed to improve performance and reduce physical discomfort associated with prolonged gaming. Games have special requirements of operation requiring faster and larger movement, greater mouse sensitivity and higher input efficiency of pointing devices like the computer mouse. The rapid and precise movements of the mouse may impact performance and pose challenges to musculoskeletal health. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare muscle activity and performance while gaming with mice that vary in connection type (wired versus wireless) and weight (light versus heavy).

Prof. Aleksandar Josifovich Ignjatovski, Founder and First Director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine and the First Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje, R. Macedonia.

Aleksandar J. Ignjatovski was born in the Smolensk Region, Russia, on 18.03.1875. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in St. Petersburg in 1899 where he started specialization in internal medicine and continued in Berlin, Heidelberg, Munich and Paris. In 1905 he was elected assistant professor in St. Petersburg, continued as an associate professor in Odessa in 1908 and a full-time professor in 1912 in Warsaw. During the October Revolution, he was the Head of the Internal Clinic in Rostov, and in 1920 he emigrated to Belgrade. In 1922 he was appointed full professor and Director of the First Internal Clinic at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade, which he established, developed and managed until his retirement in 1946. In 1948 he moved to Skopje as a full professor and first Director of the Internal Clinic at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje. He studied the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis and first proved it experimentally, and published a paper in 1908, indicating that it was associated with higher blood cholesterol level. He also dealt with immunobiology and infectious diseases, in particular tuberculosis and tetanus. Prof. A. Ignjatovski was an excellent clinician, teacher and scientist, who published over 80 papers. His most important textbooks are "Clinical Semiotics and Symptomatic Therapy", in two editions, in Russian (1919) and in Serbian (1929-37), and "The Basics of Internal Propedeutics" in three volumes, published in Skopje in 1952, 1954 and 1963. The work of Prof. A. Ignjatovski, as a leading clinician and a great teacher and scientist, is embedded in the development of internal medicine, and medicine in general, in Russia, Serbia and Macedonia. The bright memorial of the founder and first director of the Internal Medicine Clinic and the first Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje has been permanently incorporated in the history of medicine in R. Macedonia. Prof. A. Ignjatovski died on 18.08.1955.

The environmental footprint of academic and student mobility in a large research-oriented university

Academic mobility for field work, research dissemination and global outreach is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to the overall environmental footprint of research institutions. Student mobility, while less studied, also contributes to universities’ environmental footprint. Université de Montréal (UdeM) is the largest university in Montréal, Canada. It has a research budget of 450M$, employs 1426 full-time professors, and has a total student population of 33 125 undergraduate and 12 505 graduate students. To assess the footprint of academic mobility at UdeM, we surveyed the research community (n = 703; including professors, research professionals and graduate students) about their travel habits. We also measured the contribution from travel undertaken by sports teams and international students as well as students engaged in study abroad and internships programs using data provided by the university. While the average distance travelled for work and research purposes by the UdeM community is around 8525 km/person, professors travel more than 33 000 km/person per year. We also estimated that the 5785 international students or students enroled in study abroad programs travel annually around 12 600 km/person. UdeM’s per capita annual travel-related C and N footprints vary, with international students generating for example 3.85 T CO2 and 0.53 kg N while professors generate 10.76 T CO2 and 2.19 kg N. Air travel emissions are the main contributors to these footprints. We provide insights into the distribution of travel-related environmental footprint within the university, the main reasons for travelling, the most frequent destinations, and the factors preventing researchers from reducing their travel-related environmental impact.

Entrevista a la Doctora Margarita Palacios Sierra

Margarita Palacios Sierra obtuvo los grados de licenciatura y maestría en lengua y literaturas hispánicas en la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, hizo estudios de doctorado en la Universidad de Paris en Análisis del Discurso y es doctora en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales con orientación en Comunicación en la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Fue investigadora del Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas y ha sido profesora de tiempo completo en la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras desde hace 48 años donde ha recibido la medalla al Mérito Universitario. Ha sido asesora del Instituto Nacional de Educación para Adultos, Secretaria de Educaci´ón Pública; de la Preparatoria Nacional, del Consejo Nacional de Turismo, del Colegio de Bachilleres y del Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades. Actualmente es coordinadora del Seminario universitario de Estudios del discurso forense en la UNAM.

A Copyright Incentive for Promoting ‘Aesthetic Sports’ in India

This article posits that the Indian ‘aesthetic sports’ industry which exists outside the mainstream competitive sports industry such as cricket, hockey and football is a potential ‘soft power’ which can leverage India’s otherwise dwindling standing in the international sporting arena. This goal is attainable provided these sports incorporate some elements from the Indian performing arts within them. Furthermore, just like other creative works, such sports should be accorded copyright protection provided they fulfil the strictures of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (the Act). This will potentially enable such sports to be undertaken as a full time profession and incentivize Indian youth to take up sports such as gymnastics, figure skating and artistic swimming on a regular basis. It should be clarified that by taking the specific case study of aesthetic sports, my intention is not to disregard the importance of other neglected but equally important sports such as hockey, kabaddi and tennis etc. The case of aesthetic sports has been selected due to its soft power potential, the benefits of which should be availed by India.

Editorial introductions

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology was launched in 1985. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The field of gastroenterology is divided into 12 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Chantal HoussetChantal HoussetChantal Housset was trained as a Hepatologist in René Descartes University Paris 05, France. She was Visiting Scientist and NIH grant recipient in 1992, at University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. She obtained a PhD degree from Denis Diderot University Paris 07, France, in 1993 and Research Direction Habilitation from Sorbonne University Paris 06, France, in 1998. She was appointed fulltime Researcher at INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) in 1994, and full-time Professor in Cell Biology at Sorbonne University Paris 06, in 2000. She is Course Director of molecular and cellular biology at Sorbonne University Medical School & Life Science Department. She is Member of the Executive Committees of the Reference Center for Inflammatory Biliary Diseases and Auto-immune Hepatitis, Saint-Antoine Hospital, of the Rare Liver Disease National Network (FILFOIE), and of the Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN). She is Director of an INSERM- Sorbonne University Research Laboratory in Saint-Antoine Research Center (CRSA). The expertise of the Laboratory relates to the mechanisms responsible for metabolic and biliary diseases of the liver and their progression towards fibrosis. Dr Housset is currently Director of an INSERM-UPMC mixed service unit (UMS) of imaging and cytometry (LUMIC). She is member of the University National Council (CNU) in Cell Biology. She has been recipient of a reward from the Ministry of Education and Research (MESR) since 2007. She published 150 articles. Her main scientific contributions relate to the mechanisms of bile secretion, the pathobiology of biliary diseases, the origins and functions of liver myofibroblasts. Eamonn M.M. QuigleyEamonn M.M. QuigleyEamonn M.M. Quigley is Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, USA, Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and David M Underwood Chair of Medicine in Digestive Disorders. A graduate of University College Cork, Ireland, Dr Quigley trained in internal medicine in Glasgow and Manchester, and in gastroenterology in Glasgow, the Mayo Clinic, USA, Rochester, Minnesota and Manchester. In 1986, he joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, where he ultimately served as Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Returning to Cork in 1998, he served as Dean of the Medical School at UCC for 7 years and was a principal investigator at its Alimentary Pharmabiotic Center from its inception. He served as president of both the American College of Gastroenterology and the World Gastroenterology Organization and is a past editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Clinical and research interests include irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal motility and the role of the gut microbiota in health and in gastrointestinal and metabolic disorders.

Obituary: Dr Carlos Barajas López (1959‐2018)

Obituary: Dr Carlos Barajas López (1959‐2018)

In honorem et memoriam Esada Pašalića

Esad Pašalić, born in 1915, was one of the most prominent historians and archaeologists in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through his work, research and archaeological excavations, professor Pašalić has indebted the future generations of scholars, not only in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but in a much wider region. Although his professional career lasted relatively briefly, we cannot say the same for his scholarly work abundant in contributions, articles, studies and one monography in the span of about fifteen years. He spent his entire career at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, starting at the position of Senior Teaching Assistant to finally reaching the position of Full Time Professor. During his work at the Faculty of Philosophy, on two occasions he acted as the Dean of this Faculty. His social and scholarly work was never limited within the walls of this institutions. Instead, he was active in numerous historical and archaeological societies such as the Association of University Teachers and Scholars in Sarajevo, the Alliance of Historical Societies of Yugoslavia, the Archaeological Society of Yugoslavia; he was the member of the Editorial Board of the Yearbook of the Centre for Balkan Studies, the member of Inter-academic Board of Scientific and Research Project Tabula Imperii Romani. We should also mention that he was the international member of the Archaeological Institute in Berlin, which shows how his work was recognized outside the Yugoslavian borders. Although he wrote papers about different areas of history and archaeology in the Roman period, his field of activity can roughly be divided into three groups: settlements and roads, the economy with a special focus on mining, and military-political history. Moreover, Pašalić lead archaeological excavations at two sites, and their findings and results aided better understanding of circumstances in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Roman period. The first excavation was conducted in the territory of present-day Ilidža under the auspices of the Museum of Sarajevo from 1955 to 1963. Pašalić published a detailed report about the findings of this excavation up to 1959. The second excavation took place in the territory of a mining district in north-western Bosnia in the valley of the Japra River from 1962 to the end of 1967. During his intellectual peak, when the best and most fruitful years lied ahead of him, Pašalić suddenly had apoplexy (stroke) and died several days later, on 10 June 1967, at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade.

PREDICTIVE MODEL OF BURNOUT AND LABOR SATISFACTION

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between burnout syndrome and job satisfaction in full-time professors of a Mexican university. The sample consisted of 230 randomly selected teachers, of whom 139 men and 76 women. The design of the study was, not experimental, transversal, quantitative, descriptive, and exploratory. To measure the prevalence of burnout syndrome, it was taken as reference the SBS-HP, to measure job satisfaction was taken Scale of Work Satisfaction based on Socio-cultural and Ergo-environmental factors for teachers of HEI in Mexico.A model of structural equations was performed according to the method of optimizing Partial Least Squares (PLS) in SmartPLS software. As a result it was found that there is a weak negative relation between job satisfaction and burnout syndrome (path coefficient -0296), that is, the greater satisfaction of the teachers, the lower risk of developing burnout.

Presentación

Professional development programs (PDP) at the university level have been designed for full-time professors with the aim of enhancing their knowledge and practices. However, PDP programs focused on adjunct foreign language (AFL) instructors are not usually developed because of time, space, and contract constraints. In this article, we present a PDP that resulted from program restructuring targeting AFL instructors in a specific section at a public university in Colombia. The program is guided by a practical-critical paradigm and is divided into four “families of models” adapted from Joyce & Calhoun (2010): individual support, construction of personal and professional service, social knowledge, and instructional and curricular initiatives. Each model comprises many strategies, including the following: selection, induction, mentoring, peer-coaching, coaching, study groups, communities of practice, chats, training sessions, teacher portfolios and action research. The aim of the program is to promote the participation and involvement of AFL instructors for the enhancement of informed practices and experiences based on theory and enriching relationships with administrators and among colleagues.

Research Competencies of Higher-Education Teaching Staff Based on Emotional Intelligence

Abstract The present study aims to describe the research skills of university professors at the Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador (UNIBE) through emotional intelligence. The research is focused on the quantitative paradigm, through a descriptive study of a population, which was represented by 35 full-time professors of the university. For the collection of data, a survey was applied as the technique, and as an instrument, a questionnaire was used to the teaching population, it is subdivided into the following variables: emotional self-knowledge, emotional self-control, and structured self-motivation. The Likert model is used for responding with a scale of 5 alternatives. To test the reliability of the instrument, a pilot test was applied, giving a value of 0.894 of the Cronbach alpha statistical coefficient. The scales present Kendall's coefficient of agreement presenting as similarity of variables with a value of p = 0.039, congruence (p = 0045), and tendentiousness (p = 0.035). In conclusion, it is established that research competencies are an attitudinal alternative that imply the understanding and transfer of knowledge, as well as emotional values oriented to significantly stimulate the research potential of a university professor. This shows difficulties in terms of the acquisition of research skills, referring to a set of knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values that teachers should use to face their daily academic lives.

University-industry linkage and technology transfer management

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the variables that play a relevant role in the management of university-industry linkage and technology transfer in the context of a public university in Mexico.Design/methodology/approachThis study is quantitative, and the method is based on an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), to identify the group of variables that relates to university-industry technology transfer, by applying a questionnaire to full time professors and researchers.FindingsThe EFA allowed for the analysis of the relationships within a group of variables, and found that the structure of the principal components presents a close connection to the literature review. The first, second and third factors, named institutional support in the linkage and technology transfer activities, research results management, and university linkage activities planning, respectively, explain the original problem in a greater percentage. Additionally, it is suggested to include other variables, to increase the explained variance percentage of the components.Social implicationsThe study of university-industry linkage and technology transfer allows for improvement in the institutional management of these activities, their entrepreneurship, and consequently, their use by companies, government and society.Originality/valueThis study focuses on analyzing a group of variables in a questionnaire, in order to identify those that are related to the university-industry technology transfer management, in the context of a public university in Mexico.