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Flora F. Tien, Robert T. Blackburn, Faculty Rank System, Research Motivation, and Faculty Research Productivity: Measure Refinement and Theory Testing, The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 67, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb., 1996), pp. 2-22
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