THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES School for Graduate Studies and Research STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
Background and Purpose This Paper is an update and expansion of BGSR.P.14 2018/2019 which was written and presented by the then Campus Directors (Cave Hill, Mona, the St. Augustine Campuses) and Coordinator (Open Campus) of Graduate Studies and Research at the meeting of the Board for Graduate Studies and Research in May 2019. Prior to producing this Paper, BGSR.P14 was circulated to the current Campus Directors of Graduate Studies and Research, Deputy Deans, Research, and Directors, Institutes and Centres for their comments. In academia, research productivity is a key measure of academic success, both at the individual level and at the institutional level in terms of how the institution is rated by the global academic community1. The purpose of this paper is to identify constraints to research productivity at The University of the West Indies (UWI) and make recommendations for strategies that could be implemented to address the constraints. To do so effectively, requires clarity on what constitutes research productivity and how it can best be measured at The UWI, an institution which aspires to global excellence and recognition while also addressing the developmental needs of the region in which it resides and doing so in a financially challenging environment. The goal of this Paper is to serve as a motivational and operational guide for researchers at The UWI, both graduate students and academic staff, in their efforts to achieve academic success through enhanced research productivity; and as a source of strategies that The UWI could implement to facilitate researchers and increase research output.
1 Jameel, Alaa S. and Ahmad, Abd Rahman, The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction between Leadership Style and Performance of Academic Staff (2020). International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, Issue 04, PP 2399- 2414, 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3551155
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