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The sexenio de investigación or six-yearly research assessment was initially designed as a bonus to promote research among the Spanish university community. However, it has now lost its character as a productivity bonus and has become a requirement for pursuing a university career. In this new situation it is essential to have a transparent assessment process with objective criteria, known in advance, that reflect the particularities of different scientific fields. This paper examines the differences in research evaluation results in the areas of economics and business studies. It also compares them with other areas of social sciences and law, and so with other fields of knowledge. Based on the findings of this study, it concludes by analysing various reasons that suggest the advisability of undertaking a thorough review of the assessment methods, as well as some recommendations in this regard [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corporate reputation is an important intangible asset of organizations which is created from the different stakeholders' perceptions and opinions. Employees have a decisive role in its construction and configuration, due to their continuous interaction with customers and other stakeholders. The aim of this paper is to examine how the reputation perceived by the teaching staff of education cooperatives has a positive and significant influence on the job satisfaction and job stability of these valuable employees and, in turn, influences the customers' perceptions of the quality of service they receive. To measure this, a reliable, valid tool for measuring the reputation perceived by teachers was developed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results obtained support the hypotheses, which were tested by structural equation modelling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]