A cross-cultural study of industrial research performance

Abstract

To determine the cultural generality of selected U.S. findings, questionnaire data covering working environment, job behavior, and personal history variables were obtained from 220 British scientists. Responses for 120 Ss were analyzed against 3 criteria of research performance: (1) supervisory ratings of research creativity, (2) number of patent specifications, and (3) number of technical publications. The significant variables for each criterion were used to develop scoring keys which were cross-validated on the remaining 100 scientists. The resulting tetrachoric correlations were .64, .73, and .60 for rated creativity, patents, and publications, respectively. Examples of significant items are presented and the findings are related to prior U.S. studies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)