Naslov
Size, structure and dynamics of research and development personnel

Autori
Prpić, Katarina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Research and development policies in the Southeast European countries in transition : Republic of Croatia

Urednik/ci
Švob Đokić, Nada

Izdavač
Institut za razvoj i međunarodne odnose (IRMO)

Grad
Zagreb

Godina
2002

Raspon stranica
46-73

ISBN
953-6096-28-5

Ključne riječi
research and development potential, socio-demographic characteristcs, socio-professional characteristics
(research and development potential, socio-demographic characteristics, socio-professional characteristics)

Sažetak
The main results of the analysis of the size, dynamics, structure and structural changes of the Croatian research and development potential can be summarized as follows: 1) The total employment in research and development during the last decade has declined, as has also the number of researchers. Comparisons with other countries in transition show that the reduction of the R&D potential was smaller in Croatia than in some other countries. In spite of this, however, the indicators of relative size of the research potential show Croatia lagging behind not only the OECD and EU countries, but also the (above-)average countries in transition. 2) Demographic and professional characteristics of researchers reveal worrying processes of. These disturbing processes are the following: comparatively higher age and further aging of researchers, oversized feminization of science, too high qualification structure of researchers, greater proportion of the higher education sector at the expense of the business sector, reduction in the numbers of technical and technological personnel. In addition to these processes - some of them being undesirable only in the context of transition in Croatia - the renewal and quality of the research and development personnel are threatened by the, statistically underestimated, outflow of researchers from the field of science and their drain to other countries. 3) The negative trends in the Croatian R&D potential should be viewed from the perspective of long-term social and economic marginalization of science, dating back to pre-transition times, especially in the late1970s and 1980s. Thus the unfavourable trends typical of research and development in countries in transition serve to has deepened the long-term problems of Croatian research personnel. 4) In view of this situation in the R&D activities, Croatia's science policy has proved ineffective. This is equally true of the pre-transition and the transition period. When the focus shifts to the last decade, the research personnel revitalization (through the system of junior research assistants) has also proved ineffective. The uncontrolled continuation of policies producing negative trends in the demographic and professional structure of research potential, is just another indicator of the failure of the country's science policy. 5) Since the effects of changes in the composition and quality of the research personnel can be visible only in a prolonged perspective, the accelerated abandonment of the restrictive models of social treatment of science and the restrictive approaches to science policy is a precondition for an upturn in the negative trends of growth of Croatian R&D potential.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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