Abstract
This study aims to determine the governance factors that influence the scientific research output of lecturers through the application of PLS-SEM, in conjunction with ANOVA and t-test. Based on a survey of 398 lecturers in twelve higher education institutions (HEIs) in Vietnam, the psychometric properties of the scales measuring the considered dimensions of scientific research outputs were initially examined through the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure, prior to being input into the PLS-SEM model. The SEM model comprised six constructs for the scientific research outputs: scientific research objectives of HEIs, leadership, decentralization, policies for lecturers, support for scientific research activities, and resources for scientific research. The results reveal that resources for scientific research have the most impact on lecturers’ scientific research output, followed by policies for lecturers, support for scientific research activities, scientific research objectives of HEIs, and finally, leadership.
Highlights
Scientific research achievement is among the key criteria used to evaluate performance and university rankings on a global scale [1]
This study aims to determine the impact of governance factors on the scientific research output of lecturers
This study has proposed and empirically tested a research model on governance factors affecting the scientific research output of university lecturers
Summary
Scientific research achievement is among the key criteria used to evaluate performance and university rankings on a global scale [1]. Due to the high importance placed on scientific research activities, several scholars have investigated the factors affecting lecturers’ scientific research results [5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. Some studies considered this issue in the context of Vietnam [12,13,14,15,16]. Studies focusing on governance factors that affect scientific research outputs of university lecturers are lacking. The impact of governance factors (not institutional factors or individual factors) on the scientific research results of lecturers remains under-investigated
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