Research Performance: A View of Research Self-Efficacy, Interest, and Gender
There is great interest in promoting research in academic institutions and a need to understand the various factors influencing it. The main goals of this study are to investigate the factors that predict academic research outcomes and how gender and research authority (RA) support programs affect t...
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| description | There is great interest in promoting research in academic institutions and a need to understand the various factors influencing it. The main goals of this study are to investigate the factors that predict academic research outcomes and how gender and research authority (RA) support programs affect the relationship between research self-efficacy and research interest. The participants included 143 faculty members who completed a questionnaire, 19 of whom were interviewed. The results indicate that the faculty members’ research interests and the RA’s support significantly predicted academic research outcomes. A positive and significant correlation was found between research self-efficacy and research interest. Gender and RA support were found to significantly moderate this relationship. Research self-efficacy had almost no effect on research interest among female faculty members and among faculty members who had received support from the research authority. In contrast, among male faculty members and among those who did not receive support from the research authority, the higher the research self-efficacy, the higher the research interest. An analysis of faculty members’ perceptions points to four factors that can advance research outcomes: support from the RA, mentoring, collaboration among researchers, and allotting time for research. Understanding the moderating role of gender is important to reveal the underlying mechanism of a gender gap in research interest and consequently in academic performance, considering the increased recognition that universities worldwide are male dominated and that women are underrepresented in senior positions in academia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b0e9ffef20c426a91d753cc4f706d972023-12-22T14:04:17ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022023-11-011312116610.3390/educsci13121166Research Performance: A View of Research Self-Efficacy, Interest, and GenderIrit Sasson0Shirley Miedijensky1Department of Education, Tel-Hai College, Upper Galilee 1220800, IsraelFaculty of Education, Oranim College, Tivon 3600600, IsraelThere is great interest in promoting research in academic institutions and a need to understand the various factors influencing it. The main goals of this study are to investigate the factors that predict academic research outcomes and how gender and research authority (RA) support programs affect the relationship between research self-efficacy and research interest. The participants included 143 faculty members who completed a questionnaire, 19 of whom were interviewed. The results indicate that the faculty members’ research interests and the RA’s support significantly predicted academic research outcomes. A positive and significant correlation was found between research self-efficacy and research interest. Gender and RA support were found to significantly moderate this relationship. Research self-efficacy had almost no effect on research interest among female faculty members and among faculty members who had received support from the research authority. In contrast, among male faculty members and among those who did not receive support from the research authority, the higher the research self-efficacy, the higher the research interest. An analysis of faculty members’ perceptions points to four factors that can advance research outcomes: support from the RA, mentoring, collaboration among researchers, and allotting time for research. Understanding the moderating role of gender is important to reveal the underlying mechanism of a gender gap in research interest and consequently in academic performance, considering the increased recognition that universities worldwide are male dominated and that women are underrepresented in senior positions in academia.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/12/1166academic performancegenderresearch interestresearch self-efficacyresearch authority |
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| title | Research Performance: A View of Research Self-Efficacy, Interest, and Gender |
| title_full | Research Performance: A View of Research Self-Efficacy, Interest, and Gender |
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| title_short | Research Performance: A View of Research Self-Efficacy, Interest, and Gender |
| title_sort | research performance a view of research self efficacy interest and gender |
| topic | academic performance gender research interest research self-efficacy research authority |
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