Organizational design of University laboratories: Task allocation and lab performance in Japanese bioscience laboratories

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 610-622

  Shibayama, Sotaro ^a,b   Baba, Yasunori ^a   Walsh, John P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biology; Laboratory; Organizational design; Scientific productivity; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DESIGN; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYS;

FUNDAMENTAL UNITS; OPTIMAL TASK ALLOCATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; TASK ALLOCATION; UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES;

LABORATORIES;

EID: 84923169607     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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