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IDENTIFICATION OF MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS FOR CONDUCTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH AMONG UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS A CASE STUDY OF PMASARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY RAWALPINDI

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-III).01      10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-III).01      Published : Sep 2022

Identification Of Motivational Factors for Conducting Academic Research Among University Researchers: A Case Study of PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

Abstract

    Universities research has become an essential component of higher education and researchers' motivation and their output of research are thought to be strongly correlated. The main purpose of this study was to identify the driving forces behind PhD scholars' decisions to pursue research at PMAS Arid Agriculture University in Pakistan. The nature of the research was exploratory and Nominal Group Technique was applied, to a nominal group of 15 academic scholars. The Nominal Group approach was used in different steps (idea generation, selection, listening, clarification, and ranking and consensus stages). The NGT's results were classified into five categories: social recognition, supervisor support and coordination, intended outcomes, theoretical preferences, and a sense of achievement. Participants gave less preference to the element that their interest in research activities inspired them to conduct research and more preference to the factor that acknowledgement from society was an incentive for them to undertake research.

    Academic Research, Motivation, Nominal Group Technique, Research Output, Social Recognition

    (1) Ammarah Shafqat
    M. Phil Scholar, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, PMAS- Arid Agriculture University Rawalpind, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) M. Imran Yousuf
    Professor, Department of Education, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) M. Imran
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Shafqat, A., Yousuf, M. I., & Imran, M. (2022). Identification Of Motivational Factors for Conducting Academic Research Among University Researchers: A Case Study of PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(III), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-III).01

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    TURABIAN : Shafqat, Ammarah, M. Imran Yousuf, and M. Imran. "Identification Of Motivational Factors for Conducting Academic Research Among University Researchers: A Case Study of PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. III (2022): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-III).01