Organisational Factors as Antecedents of University Academic Staff Research Productivity
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2020
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Journal of Education and Practice
Abstract
This study explored whetherorganisational factors such as technological progress, computer skills, research
funding, and human resourceswere significant antecedents of academic staff research productivity in chartered
private universities in Uganda. The study stemmed from reportedly low levels of research productivity of the
academic staff in private universities in the country in spite of the numerousinterventionsby the Government of
Uganda to spur research in both public and private higher education institutions.Using the quantitative approach
anddescriptive cross-sectional survey research design, the researchers collected data using a pre-testedselfadministered
questionnaire from a sample of 210 academic staff drawn from four out of nine chartered private
universities in the country. The data were analysed with the use of appropriate descriptive and inferential
statistical techniques. The study findings showed, among others, that while technological progress (β = 0.425, p
= 0.000 < 0.05) and possession of computer skills (β = 0.329, p = 0.000 < 0.05) were positive and significant
antecedents of research productivity, research funding (β = -0.003, p = 0.965 < 0.05)and human resources (β =
0.073, p = 0.186 < 0.05) were respectively negative and positive but non-significant antecedents of academic
staff’s research productivity in the universities studied. Therefore, it was concluded that although organisational
factors, overall, were significant antecedents of university academic staff’s research productivity, some of its
elements such as technological progress and possession of computer skills were more significant antecedents
than others – implying that in order to boost the research productivity of the academic staff, university managers
need to place proportionate emphasis on these factors if they are to create an enabling research environment in
their institutions.
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Organisational factors, Antecedents, Academic staff, Research productivity, Universities
Citation
Hiire, G. B., Oonyu, J., Kyaligonza, R., & Onen, D. (2020). Organisational factors as antecedents of university academic staff research productivity. Journal of Education and Practice, 11(18), 94-103. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-18-11