The influence of co-authorship networks on the performance of graduate programs in the Brazilian evaluation system

Author

Martins, Cibele B. ; Maccari, Emerson A. ; Martins, Sergio B. ; Serra, Fernando A. R.

Author_Institution

Fed. Univ. of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

fYear

2014

fDate

27-31 July 2014

Firstpage

1569

Lastpage

1584

Abstract

In Brazil, CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) regulates graduate programs at universities. This agency belongs to the Ministry of Education (MEC) and it is empowered to recommend or discredit graduate courses. Graduate programs are required to coordinate their strategies and actions to comply with the requisites of the evaluation system. This study investigated the influence of "co-authorship networks" on the performance of graduate programs in the CAPES evaluation system. We used a quantitative research method to assess the correlation between co-authorship networks and the evaluations of the programs in the field of Business Management, Accounting, and Tourism, from 2001 to 2009. The results show a positive relationship between the consolidation of co-authorship groups and the score obtained by the graduate programs in the CAPES evaluation system.

Keywords

authoring systems; educational administrative data processing; educational courses; educational institutions; Brazilian evaluation system; CAPES evaluation system; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; MEC; Ministry of Education; accounting; business management; co-authorship networks; graduate courses; graduate program performance; quantitative research method; tourism; universities; Business; Collaboration; Educational institutions; Knowledge engineering; Production; Social network services; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering & Technology (PICMET), 2014 Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kanazawa

Type

conf

Filename

6921306