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PRODUCTIVITY DIFFERENCES AMONG SCIENTISTS: EVIDENCE FOR ACCUMULATIVE ADVANTAGE.
- Source :
- American Sociological Review; Aug74, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p596-606, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 1974
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Abstract
- The highly skewed distributions of productivity among scientists can be partly explained by a process of accumulative advantage. Because of feedback through recognition and resources, highly productive scientists maintain or increase their productivity, while scientists who produce very little produce even less later on. A major implication of accumulative advantage is that the distribution of productivity becomes increasingly unequal as a cohort of scientists ages. Cross-sectional survey data support this hypothesis for chemists, physicists, and mathematicians, who mow strong linear increases in inequality with increasing career age. This increase is highly associated with a changing distribution of time went on research. Another implication of accumulative advantage is also corroborated: the association among productivity, resources and esteem increases as career age increases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00031224
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Sociological Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14894229
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2094424