Abstract

Matching survey data on PhD scientists and engineers currently working in an R&D job in industry with publications and patents, we study the relation between their individual motives and the rate and nature of their inventive output. We find that individuals with a strong taste for science, that is motivated by intellectual challenge, autonomy, and contribution to society, create more novel and impactful patents in industry. These individuals are also more involved in academic boundary spanning, proxied by scientific publications co-authored with academic scientists, and this boundary spanning partially mediates the effect of taste for science on impactful inventive output. In contrast, individuals with a strong taste for salary and career collaborate less with academic scientists, fully mediating the negative effect of taste for salary and career on impactful inventive output.

中文翻译：

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品味科学，跨越学术界以及工业界科学家和工程师的创造力

摘要

将目前在行业中从事研发工作的博士科学家和工程师的调查数据与出版物和专利相匹配，我们研究了他们的个人动机与发明成果的比率和性质之间的关系。我们发现，受智力挑战，自主权和对社会的贡献所激发，对科学怀有浓厚兴趣的个人创造了更多新颖且有影响力的工业专利。这些人还更多地参与了学术界的跨越，这是由与学术科学家合着的科学出版物所代理的，而这一界域的跨越部分地调节了科学品味对有影响力的发明产出的影响。相比之下，对薪资和职业怀有浓厚兴趣的人与学术科学家的合作较少，