Abstract This paper reports the results of a study of publication productivity of accounting faculty members promoted in 1981 and 1984. It analyzes the publication records of 154 faculty promoted in 1981 and 188 faculty promoted in 1984. Publications are classified in three categories: (1) articles in academic journals, (2) articles in nonacademic journals, and (3) books and monographs. Institutions are divided into three categories: (1) doctoral-granting, (2) other AACSB-accredited, and (3) not AACSB-accredited. The productivity of those promoted at schools where they have been working for more than one year is compared with those promoted in conjunction with a move to a new school. The results indicate substantial increases in research productivity at two types of institutions and a dramatic decrease at the third. Trends involving academic and nonacademic journals are also evident. The study provides useful information on the publication productivity of accounting faculty.
Milne et al. (Sun,) studied this question.