Institutional management, working condition and academic contribution in Asian higher education

Abstract

The study conducted a cross national survey including, Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia and Taiwan and was a follow-up to a similar study carried out under the sponsored of the US Carnegie Foundation, focusing on academic professional development in the early 1990s. The study has attempted to answer the following two questions: what kind of (1) institutional management and (2) general work and activities will directly affect the academic contribution of faculty? Based on the findings, it is negative significant for paid sabbatical leaves to academic contribution.