Influence of Work Environment on Research and Commercialization

Abstract

Lecturers are encouraged to engage in multi-discipline researches following the current direction by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. By considering one’s role as a lecturer that holding an administration post or high loading of teaching hours can lecturers take on the additional responsibility of conducting research? The capacity and capabilities of these lecturers are questionable. An effective work environment and type of support required can be vital to the success of any research success or even completion. This paper studies the influence of the work environment to research work and commercialization among university lecturers. In completing this study, a total of 200 lectures selected from universities across the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia as respondents. The questionnaire was distributed to these respondents as part of quantitative research. The finding of this study indicates that with work environment factor such as good support among peers will greatly impact research and commercialization work which lead to the success National Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation (NPSTI). To conclude this study, relevant approaches and suggestions were listed to be applied following the intention of this study.