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The Influence of the Government-funded Research Institutes (GRIs) Evaluation System on the Acceptability of Evaluation Results and Performance of the GRIs

Byung Yong Hwang, Soon Cheon Byeon, Byung Tae Yoo

Abstract

This study is a part of the discussion on the development directions of the institutional evaluation system for the performance enhancement of the Government-funded Research Institutes (GRIs) under the National Research Councils(NRCS). It discusses how the GRIs evaluation system influences the degree of acceptability of the evaluation results among the members of the GRIs, and the impact of the evaluation results on the performance of the GRIs. The results of the analysis in this study showed that the GRIs evaluation system of the NRCS had a significantly positive influence on the acceptability of the evaluation results and the performance of the GRIs. The acceptability of the evaluation results was related to the performance of the GRIs. In specific, the indirect impact via the acceptability was more eminent than the direct impact of the GRIs evaluation system on the performance of GRIs. However, it also showed that the degree of acceptability of the evaluation result was not high due to the overall weakness of the evaluation system and the limitations in the active utilization of the results in government and research council level. Based on the results of this study, it discusses ways to improve the evaluation system. 

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