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The Institution, School Leaders, and Faculty Characteristics: Predictive Model of Research Productivity

TERESA P. FABIANIA | Edroslyn J. Fernandez | ALONA S. GALACHE

 

Abstract:

Research productivity is necessary for schools to remain generators of knowledge. This means teachers should not only be lecturers but also researchers. Hence, this study looked into the institutional, school leaders, and individual faculty characteristics as predictors of research productivity. Utilizing predictive correlation design, the researchers surveyed 109 respondents from four selected schools in Davao City. The respondents were school administrators, staff, and faculty from four departments: Education, Arts and Science, Business and others. Using Forward Wald Logistic Regression, results revealed that for institutional characteristics, sufficient work time predicts research productivity; while for individual faculty characteristics, content knowledge is the predictor. Conversely, school leaders’ characteristics do not predict research productivity. When categorized by department, none of the characteristics predicts research productivity of researchers from Education, Arts and Science, and Business departments. In contrast, sufficient work time and content knowledge predict research productivity of Department 4 composed of school administrators, staff, and faculty from basic education and medical-related courses. The result suggests that familiarity of faculty members to research makes them independent in their research effort. Therefore, in addition to provisions for adequate time for research, efforts in improving research productivity should focus on academic staff who has limited research capability.