The effects of leader expectation and coworker pressure on research engagement in higher education: the moderating role of achievement value

Abstract

PurposeWhile being largely studied in organizational research, job engagement has rarely been empirically investigated in the context of higher education. In this study, this paper aim to examine the effects of leader performance expectation and coworker pressure on research engagement of lecturers and the moderation of achievement value.Design/methodology/approachThe authors based the survey on the data collected from public higher educational institutions in Vietnam.FindingsThe findings contribute to the literature of job engagement in higher education from an organizational behavior perspective by explaining the mid-level impacts of departmental factors affecting research engagement.Originality/valueThe authors develop an organizational behavior perspective related to middle-level factors to understand factors influencing one specific research job of lecturers in higher education in a non-Western developing nation.