The Effect of Faculty-Hiring Patterns on Collaboration Networks in Engineering: Perspective From Chile and Korea

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Abstract

This research investigates the relationship between the faculty-hiring network and the research collaboration network in ten selective engineering schools in Chile and Korea. First, we examine the structures of the research collaboration networks, focusing on the global scale as well as the most prominent and strategic institutions in this network. Then we seek to understand whether institutions or countries that are more prominent in the faculty-hiring network are also the ones with high levels of research collaboration with selective engineering schools in Chile and Korea. This study is a novel attempt for exploring the connection between faculty hiring and research collaboration at the international level, and the results provide significant implications for understanding important globalization strategies.

Authors

• Sergio Celis, University of Michigan

• Jeongeun Kim, University of Michigan