eprintid: 10043161 rev_number: 35 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/04/31/61 datestamp: 2018-02-13 14:28:07 lastmod: 2021-02-14 23:07:09 status_changed: 2018-02-13 14:29:10 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Marini, G title: Tools of individual evaluation and prestige recognition in Spain: how sexenio 'mints the golden coin of authority' ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J81 keywords: Research evaluation, teaching evaluation, third mission evaluation, Spain, individual assessment note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Individual experiences in dealing with individual evaluations are studied through a national documental analysis and qualitative interviews. The analysis considers three main individual assessments designed to measure individual credentials or performance: sexenio (research and third mission), quinquenio (teaching) and acreditación (mix of all missions). The main research question is to discuss if and how these tools changed the way academic authority is recognized among scholars. Evidence shows that sexenio has played a relevant role and enacted a reconfiguration of authority among scholars, incentivizing more performing behaviors. In terms of missions, research is more important than teaching or third mission. In terms of tools, they don't have the same degree of importance. Sexenio lays in having established by time a widely recognized way – quoting Burton Clark – ‘to mint the golden coin of individual prestige’. Other tools, following the metaphor, may mint just less prestigious pence. date: 2018 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2018.1428649 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1534159 doi: 10.1080/21568235.2018.1428649 lyricists_name: Marini, Giulio lyricists_id: GMARI76 actors_name: Waragoda Vitharana, Nimal actors_id: NWARR44 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: European Journal of Higher Education volume: 8 number: 2 pagerange: 201-214 citation: Marini, G; (2018) Tools of individual evaluation and prestige recognition in Spain: how sexenio 'mints the golden coin of authority'. European Journal of Higher Education , 8 (2) pp. 201-214. 10.1080/21568235.2018.1428649 <https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2018.1428649>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10043161/1/Sexenio%20minting%20Gold%202017%20-%20EHEJ%20with%20names.docx