"... Research on research": research attitudes and behaviors of landscape architecture faculty in North America

This study examined research attitudes and behaviors of landscape architect ure faculty at universities in North America. A questionnaire was mailed to all assistant professors, associate professors and professors listed as fa culty in the 1998 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) dir ectory. Survey results indicated a clear dichotomy between positive researc h attitudes and negative research behaviors. This dichotomy was analysed in light of Fishbein and Ajzen's theory of reasoned action in order to provid e an explanatory framework. The analysis suggests (1) lack of a positive su bjective norm and (2) lack of substantive consequences for research behavio r as primary deterrents to positive research behavior among faculty in land scape architecture. Recommendations have been provided for increasing the l evel of research activity in landscape architecture. (C) 2001 Elsevier Scie nce B.V. All rights reserved.