The relationship between research self-efficacy, research disposition and publication output
The relationship between research self-efficacy, research disposition and publication output
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DOI：
10.1080/01443410.2015.1025704
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发表时间：
2016-02-07
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Kay, Russell
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作者：
Hemmings, Brian;Kay, Russell
这项研究有两个主要目的：(I)开发一个模型，将研究自我效能感和研究倾向作为出版产出的预测因子；(Ii)评估该模型对基于性别、学历和排名的二分法群体的适合性和稳健性。数据来自对在澳大利亚两所大型大学工作的讲师(n=331)的调查。调查回复率为33.6%，讲师隶属于不同的研究学科。使用AMOS建立了研究自我效能感和气质的良好拟合测量模型。然而，包括这两个测量模型的结构模型不能令人满意地适合全部样本。当采用性别、学历和等级等群体变量进行单独分析时，随后的测试产生了可接受的结果。有排名的模型提供了最好的数据拟合，在所有模型中，研究自我效能被证明是最重要的输出预测因子。研究结果提供了对研究自我效能感的范围和性质的理解，此外，有助于了解构成研究倾向的因素。因此，这些结果对旨在培养研究技能和进一步研究的职业发展方案产生了影响。此外，这些结果指出了一些可能的干预措施，旨在促进研究努力和产出。
The study had two main aims: (i) to develop a model incorporating research self-efficacy and research disposition as predictors of publication output; and (ii) to assess the fit and robustness of this model to dichotomous groups based on gender, academic qualifications and rank. Data were drawn from a survey of lecturers (n=331) working in two large Australian universities. The survey response rate was 33.6% and the lecturers were affiliated with a diverse range of research disciplines. Well-fitting measurement models for both research self-efficacy and disposition were produced using AMOS. However, a structural model which included these two measurement models would not satisfactorily fit the full sample. Subsequent testing yielded acceptable results when separate analyses employing the group variables of gender, academic qualifications and rank were undertaken. The model with rank offered the best fit of the data and, across all models, research self-efficacy proved to be the most important predictor of output. The results of the study provide an understanding of the scope and nature of research self-efficacy and, in addition, contribute to knowledge about the factors that underlie research disposition. As a consequence, the results have implications for career development programmes designed to foster research skills and further research. Additionally, the results point to some possible interventions aimed to boost research endeavour and output.