Research Productivity of Lecturers in Federal Universities in Nigeria: The Place of Institutional Factors
Author(s): Sunday Olusola LADIPO, Gabriel Olubunmi ALEGBELEYE, Opeyemi Deborah SOYEMI & Chinyere N IKONNE
Abstract - This study focused on the influence of institutional factors on research productivity of academic staff in Nigerian universities. The survey research design was adopted for the study while the Expectancy and Institutional theories provided the framework. The multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 724 as the sample size for the study. Findings from the study revealed an average level of research productivity among academic staff in Nigerian universities. The study further established conducive organisational culture and environmental factors as well as adequate motivational factors for research productivity of academic staff in Nigerian universities. On the other hand, funding for research activities was found to be inadequate. Institutional factors were established to be positively correlated with research productivity of academic staff in Nigerian universities. organisational culture and funding are the most important factors were found to be dominant institutional factors that contributed significantly to the level of research productivity of academic staff in the selected Nigerian universities. The study recommended provision of conducive environmental and motivational factors for academic staff research activities by university management in Nigerian universities.
Keywords - Institutional factors, Research productivity, Lecturers, Federal universities, Nigeria.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.8.2.2022.1532
Cite This Article As: LADIPO, S.O. ALEGBELEYE, G.O., SOYEMI, O.D. & IKONNE, C.N. (2022) Research Productivity of Lecturers in Federal Universities in Nigeria: The Place of Institutional Factors. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 8(2) 134-150. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1532 Page: 134-150 Publication Date: 25 May 2022