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Examining the Volume and Quality Statuses of Universities’ and Academics’ Research Production, Dissemination and Utilization for Sustainable Development: Applying RBVT and SDT for Exploring the Reasons behind the Identified Statuses
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: Received: 22 November 2023 / Approved: 23 November 2023 / Online: 23 November 2023 (10:29:25 CET)
How to cite:
Abie, A.; Bitew, G.D.; Mengistie, S.M. Examining the Volume and Quality Statuses of Universities’ and Academics’ Research Production, Dissemination and Utilization for Sustainable Development: Applying RBVT and SDT for Exploring the Reasons behind the Identified Statuses. Preprints2023, 2023111497. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1497.v1
Abie, A.; Bitew, G.D.; Mengistie, S.M. Examining the Volume and Quality Statuses of Universities’ and Academics’ Research Production, Dissemination and Utilization for Sustainable Development: Applying RBVT and SDT for Exploring the Reasons behind the Identified Statuses. Preprints 2023, 2023111497. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1497.v1
Abie, A.; Bitew, G.D.; Mengistie, S.M. Examining the Volume and Quality Statuses of Universities’ and Academics’ Research Production, Dissemination and Utilization for Sustainable Development: Applying RBVT and SDT for Exploring the Reasons behind the Identified Statuses. Preprints2023, 2023111497. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1497.v1
APA Style
Abie, A., Bitew, G.D., & Mengistie, S.M. (2023). Examining the Volume and Quality Statuses of Universities’ and Academics’ Research Production, Dissemination and Utilization for Sustainable Development: Applying RBVT and SDT for Exploring the Reasons behind the Identified Statuses. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1497.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Abie, A., Getnet Demissie Bitew and Solomon Melese Mengistie. 2023 "Examining the Volume and Quality Statuses of Universities’ and Academics’ Research Production, Dissemination and Utilization for Sustainable Development: Applying RBVT and SDT for Exploring the Reasons behind the Identified Statuses" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1497.v1
Abstract
The study was aimed at examining the status of research productivity and exploring the factors behind the identified status in Ethiopian universities from SDT and RBVT perspectives. In phase I, a null hypothesis was tested using a one-sample t-test at 0.05 alphas while in phase II one RQ was solved using qualitative analysis. The sample involved 531 academics, of whom 13 were interviewed. The mixed-methods research approach and explanatory sequential design guided this research. The status of research project production, indexed publication, and conference presentation performances in Ethiopian universities demonstrated statistically significant mean differences below the institutional, national, and world average cut-off points (performing at least one research project, one indexed journal, and one conference paper presentation per year per academic staff). Furthermore, we explored scarcity of funds, low research capacity, weak research culture, lack of productive institutional leadership, and political instability in the country as major causes of the low research productivity status. The researchers felt that the study would contribute to both promoting academic staff's research productivity and enriching the higher education research literature. MOE, university presidents, and deans should intervene in causes to improve academics’ research productivity status towards the desired local and global standards.
Keywords
Research project production; Research Publication; Academic-staffs’ research culture; Conference paper presentation; Ethiopian Universities, Research fund; Sustainable holistic development
Subject
Social Sciences, Education
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