Factors affect scholarly publication productivity among academic staff at Taibah University

Abstract

Research and development (R&D) are central to national and civilizational advances. Excelling in R&D requires research productivity which refers to the research outcomes such as publications, innovation, networking and linkages. Higher education in Saudi Arabia is working towards being on par with international universities. In this regard, the importance of publication for higher education institutions cannot be overlooked. Publications help create new knowledge and increase the reputation of academic staff and institutions. This study seeks to identify the factors influencing the research productivity of academic staff at Taibah University. Interviews with 22 academic staff at Taibah University in Saudi Arabia as preliminary study and review number of paper which related with using information and communication technologies to enahnce perfoamnce. This study show that knowledge sharing, using information and communication technology, funds, age, gender, policy, promotion, industry-university relation, e-journal and awareness of using ICT for academic research influenced the production of publications. All the factor are categorised under the three main factors of personality, behaviour and environment.