A Comparative Analysis of Vietnamese and Australian Research Capacity, Policies, and Programmes

Nguyen, Quy; Klopper, Christopher

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-8918-4_10

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“…Recently, Nguyen and Klopper (2019) and Nguyen and Tran (2019) showed that implementing an incentive-based management mechanism and institutional policies supported research activities. Other studies found career advancement and promotion as an essential strategy for promoting research.…”

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“…Nguyen and Klopper (2019) and Nguyen and Tran (2019) studied the factors that influenced the research productivity at one of the leading universities of Vietnam. He found that research productivity was influenced by many key institutional factors, such as institutional research policies, teaching loads, availability of research infrastructure and funding, access to scholarly resources and collaborative research groups, involvement in postgraduate teaching and supervision, and availability of professional meetings such as research seminars and workshops.…”

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Research promotion strategies to enhance research productivity in Tanzanian higher educational institutions

Kadikilo,

Kulshrestha,

Sahay

et al. 2023

Review of Education

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There are low levels of research productivity among higher education institutions (HEIs) in Africa, which will likely compromise the continent's development agenda if not addressed. This study intends to develop a research framework to create a strategic roadmap that leverages leadership perspectives to foster a thriving research culture and contribute meaningfully to Tanzania's growth and development. We conducted a qualitative study involving higher education policy makers, senior university officials and academic staff from four sampled universities and two non‐university institutions that regulate Tanzania's higher education sector. The secondary data sources supported us in assessing the current state of research in Tanzanian HEI and the way forward. A thematic analysis revealed seven themes: research governance; capacity development strategy; reinforcement strategy; collaboration, networking and teamwork; establishment of research centres; dissemination strategy; and institutionalisation of research activities that can increase research productivity in the Tanzanian HEI context. This research adds to the literature on HEIs by identifying contextual strategy that can enhance research promotion in Tanzania and guide other African countries. In today's global information economy, research production is critical to the viability of HEIs and national development. This research aims to equip HEI leaders with a customised framework to help them direct their institutions towards research excellence and innovation.Context and implicationsRationale for this studyTanzania recognises the pivotal role of research in achieving socioeconomic objectives. The research productivity of higher education institutions (HEIs) is crucial in addressing local issues and fulfilling national agenda.Why the new findings matterThe findings reveal novel strategies for promoting research and how institutionalising them will enhance research engagement and productivity.ImplicationsThe research framework acts as a strategic guide for HEI policy makers that informs on how to encourage faculty and scholars and generate a better research output. The study shows how HEIs can institutionalise research, making it a part of its culture and mindset. The study has implications for the authorities and government bodies also, as the research productivity has a socio‐economic impact on national development.

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Research promotion strategies to enhance research productivity in Tanzanian higher educational institutions

Kadikilo,

Kulshrestha,

Sahay

et al. 2023

Review of Education

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“…Vietnam has particularly aspired to enhance research performance in HE institutions by launching different initiatives (Nguyen and Klopper, 2019). Among these are sending Vietnamese academics overseas for doctoral studies through state-funded projects, building research-intensive universities and creating research funds that aim to generate international peer-reviewed publications, such as the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED).…”

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“…Another related scheme is the Strategy for Science and Technology Development aiming to allocate greater funds to Science and Technology. According to Nguyen and Klopper (2019), these initiatives all specify research as a core component in driving the socio-economic development of Vietnam.…”

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Coping strategies of Vietnamese overseas-trained returnees to do research in home university contexts

Nguyen

Moore

Nguyễn

2021

IJCED

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PurposeThis study focuses on Vietnamese international students who returned from their overseas doctoral education to home universities in Vietnam (henceforth Vietnamese overseas-trained returnees). The purpose is to explore the experience of these returnees “doing research” (i.e. being research active) when resuming a lecturing role at a Vietnamese regional university. In the context of research now receiving heightened attention in both the wider global higher education (HE) discourse and the Vietnamese HE sector, this study is timely and provides valuable insights.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 76 Vietnamese overseas-trained returnees from varied disciplinary backgrounds completed a questionnaire on their research motivation and their perceived constraints doing research. Eighteen subsequently took part in semi-structured interviews. The study draws on the notion of human agency from the sociocultural perspective to understand the coping strategies of the Vietnamese overseas-educated returnees in response to the challenges they encountered.FindingsThe results show that the returnees' motivations to conduct research varied, fuelled by passion, but constrained by multiple factors. Time constraints, heavy teaching loads, familial roles and lack of specialized equipment are key inhibiting factors in re-engaging in research for these returnees. Addressing them necessitated a great deal of readaptation, renegotiation and agentive resilience on the part of the returnees in employing different coping strategies to pursue research.Practical implicationsThe paper argues for a subtle understanding of the returnees' experience of re-engaging in research that is both complex and contextual. Implications are drawn for research development in the regional Vietnamese HE context and perhaps in other similar settings.Originality/valueThere is little empirical knowledge about how Vietnamese returned graduates – university lecturers – continue doing research after their return. Also underexplored in global discourse is research on foreign-educated returnees doing research, while they are an important source of human resources. The present study, therefore, fills these research gaps.

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Management factors influencing lecturers' research productivity in Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam: A structural equation modeling analysis

Tuấn

Hue

Lien

et al. 2022

Heliyon

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A Comparative Analysis of Vietnamese and Australian Research Capacity, Policies, and Programmes

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Research promotion strategies to enhance research productivity in Tanzanian higher educational institutions

Research promotion strategies to enhance research productivity in Tanzanian higher educational institutions

Coping strategies of Vietnamese overseas-trained returnees to do research in home university contexts

Management factors influencing lecturers' research productivity in Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam: A structural equation modeling analysis

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