Review of Literature of Faculty Motivation for Doing Research in Universities

Abstract

Faculty research in the universities plays a very important role in the education and development of every country in the world. The purpose of this research is to review studies in this field, different approaches in studies, and fundamental theories used for studies. The results obtained from the literature review show that many scholars have conducted researches on the determinants influencing the faculty productivity to do research. Most of studies apply the theories of working motivation. However, not many scholars conduct research on the faculty motivation to do research. The final result of this research provides follow-up suggestions for studies of the motivation for conducting research on the side of lecturers, thereby guiding managers to enhance faculty motivation to do research.

Keywords: Motivation, productivity, research, lecturer/faculty.

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/11-20-10

Publication date:July 31^st 2019