This book gives an account of what can happen when performance management is introduced at universities. How do scholars – for better or worse – respond to a system which counts the number of articles and books? Many myths exist about scholar’s reactions: They cheat, slice their production to the least publishable unit, become more risk averse and will go for the low-hanging fruits; in short, they develop a “taste for publication” at the cost of a “taste of science”. Systematic knowledge about the consequences of such systems for the motivation, behavior and productivity of university scholars is in short supply. The book is a major contribution to remedy this situation, seeking answers to many policy and management relevant questions. It represents the most comprehensive study so far of the introduction of a performance-based funding system targeted at universities, the so-called Bibliometric Research Indicator, which was introduced in Denmark in 2008.weiterlesen