Factors Influencing the Scholarly Creative Output of Research Personnel in Faculties in the Discipline of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, and Multidisciplinary Studies
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This research is institutional research with the main objectives of examining and analyzing. 1) the performance results according to the strategy under the “International Publication” indicator of the higher education institution as a case study. 2) the factors that influence the research creation of research personnel. The scope includes the fields within the arts and humanities, social sciences and management, and multidisciplinary studies. The data is gathered through a questionnaire of research personnel. Such a questionnaire was developed using a rigorous process based on theoretical foundations and consensus from research personnel. Its reliability has been confirmed by experts through IOC, with an average high coefficient of 0.94. The data is also gathered by in-depth interviews of executives driving, supervising, and monitoring research policies. Data analysis uses descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The research results show that 1) Half of the research personnel do not have completed research work, and most of them conduct research alone, with 1-2 research works in process per person. The primary source of funding comes from the faculty’s income budget. Most research is published in national journals. Additionally, most of the international journals are published in the Scopus database. 2) Factors that influence research creation include personal, motivational, and research-facilitating factors, which have a high level of influence. 3) The top 5 factors influencing research creation are career advancement, attitude toward research, support for the publication of research papers at the national and international levels, the nature of academic work responsibility, and respect acknowledged. 4) The main obstacles to research creation include insufficient time due to a heavy teaching load, lack of knowledge and experience, the process of research funding applications and ethics approval is not flexible, and a lack of networks for international collaboration.
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