ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of social media (SM) in supporting international research. The study is based on a sample of 797 scholars who published their papers in the Financial Times Top 45 management journals in the years 2013–2015. Data were collected through observations conducted mainly on SM and university sites and analyzed by using negative binomial regression. It was found that the international collaboration of the research team is positively associated with the presence of the first author on Academic Social Networking Sites (ASNSs) as ResearchGate and Academia.edu. Despite the fact that juniors are more likely to be present in SM platforms, the senior position of the first author was positively associated with the international collaboration, which can be explained by the fact that senior academics have accumulated more extensive bridging social capital. The identified relationship indicates that professional SM serves as a tool to establish a digital footprint not only in business but also in academia. As well as the need for further investigation of the role and potential of ASNSs to foster newer and more efficient forms of international research collaboration.

摘要

本文的目的是研究社交媒体（SM）在支持国际研究中的作用。该研究基于797位在《金融时报》上发表论文的学者的样本2013-2015年间排名前45位的管理期刊。通过主要在SM和大学站点上进行的观测收集数据，并使用负二项式回归进行分析。结果发现，研究团队的国际合作与学术社交网站（ASNSs）上第一位作者ResearchGate和Academia.edu的存在正相关。尽管在SM平台中更容易出现初级人才，但第一作者的高级职位与国际合作有着积极的联系，这可以用以下事实来解释：高级学者已经积累了更广泛的桥接社会资本。所确定的关系表明，专业SM不仅可以在企业中而且可以在学术界中建立数字足迹。