Date of Award
Spring 1-6-2011
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Computer Information Systems
First Advisor
Dr. Duane Truex
Second Advisor
Dr. Michael Gallivan
Third Advisor
Dr. Michel Kalika
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Balasubraman Ramesh
Abstract
This dissertation research is focused on how we, as researchers, ‘influence’ others researchers. In particular, I am concerned with the notion of what constitutes the ‘influence’ of a scholar and how ‘influence’ is conferred upon scholars. This research is concerned with the construct called ‘scholarly influence’. Scholarly influence is of interest because a clear “theory of scholarly influence” does not yet exist. Rather a number of surrogate measures or concepts that are variable are used to evaluate the value of one’s academic work. ‘Scholarly influence’ is broken down into ‘ideational influence’ or the influence that one has through publication and the uptake of the ideas presented in the publication, and ‘social influence’ or the influence that one has through working with other researchers. Finally through the use of the definition of ‘scholarly influence’ this dissertation tries to commence a definition of ‘quality’ in scholarly work.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1954850
Recommended Citation
Takeda, Hirotoshi, "Examining Scholarly Influence: A Study in Hirsch Metrics and Social Network Analysis." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1954850