Factors influencing research collaborations in Kenyan universities

Muriithi, Petronilla; Horner, David; Pemberton, Lyn; Wao, Hesborn

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2017.10.002

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“…Lack of adequate training and scientific writing skills is in line with the submission by Taylor (2013) who maintains that heavy emphasis on teaching and a lack of strong research background and training in an institution are the major problems that can hinder research publications. Dominico and Jones (2006) and Muriithi et al (2018) further suggest that the paucity of research inclined female academics, coupled with heavy teaching loads keeps academics busy such that research ends up taking last preference.…”

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“…Therefore, it can be implied that the universities understudy appeared to undermine the issue of knowledge sharing and creation between female and male academics. Meanwhile, Muriithi et al (2018) argue that academics who study abroad find it easy to collaborate with others due to the exposure to active research environments in developed countries. Maluleka et al (2016) and Tarusikirwa (2017) buttress the fact that universities need to tap on pockets of good practises from other universities in developing countries.…”

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“…These findings are in line with Hassan (2011) who submits that female academics are viewed as being less concerned with research, or as underutilizing institutional resources earmarked for research purposes. However, Baker (2016), Marine and Martinez-Aleman (2018) and Muriithi et al (2018) are at variance with the above and argue that some universities have research training programmes for their academics. However, the problem is that female academics tend to be much more involved in teaching.…”

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“…However, research publication is viewed by most female academics as a barrier to their career development due to lack of exposure to a culture of academic research, different institutional demands, discipline differences and unfavourable evaluation of research output (Nielsen 2016;Turk et al 2018). In addition, Muriithi et al (2018) and Wight et al (2014) cite lack of senior scientists, non-participation in scholarly conferences, language challenges, technological challenges, weak supporting infrastructure, heavy teaching and administrative loads and lack of funding as other challenges. Barrett and Barrett (2013) found that female academics were given extra workloads, a practice that is usually discreet and undetected.…”

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“…According to Chinyamurindi (2016) in understanding the career development processes of groups such as females, current concentration should shift to identifying those factors that may retain and sustain individual career development in a demanding context such as universities. Maluleka et al (2016), Tarusikirwa (2017) and Muriithi et al (2018) subscribe to the view that it is high time research collaboration among academics (females) is promoted because it holds massive potential such as networking, sharing of resources, enhancing productivity, overcoming intellectual isolation and achieving research goals. However, the extant literature shows that female academics are citied less in referred journals and tend to be under-represented in sole author positions (Scharber et al 2017).…”

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Barriers Affecting Research and Publication Efforts among Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities

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1 <201104691@ufh.ac.za>, 2 , 3 ABSTRACT This paper examined the barriers to research and publication efforts of senior female academics in South African and Zimbabwean universities. The qualitative research approach was employed and semi-structured interviews comprising of 10 female academics with more than ten years of teaching within the university system were used as a sample and data were thematically analysed. It emerged from the study that the majority of female academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities did little research and publication due to heavy teaching workload, lack of scientific training and unavailability of workshops and inadequate funding. Moreover, lack of confidence, ignorance and lack of collaboration among academics were other major barriers established by the study. The paper recommends that the career trajectory of females be enhanced by providing ongoing training on scientific writing, adequate funding and promotion of co-authorship.

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How “international” is international research collaboration?

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In the context of the increasing global connectivity in science, this article investigates the internal heterogeneity of international research collaborations (IRCs). We focus on the prevalence of shared heritage collaborations and the rise of multiple institutional affiliations as a collaboration mechanism. An analytical typology of IRCs based on the characteristics of collaborating researchers' location and heritage is developed and empirically tested on the dataset of Russia's publications in 2015. We found that shared heritage IRC and IRC via multiple affiliations are the cornerstones of internationalization. Significant structural differences are revealed between conventional IRC and these nonconventional IRCs across fields of science, locations, visibility of international partners, and the sources of funding. These results contribute towards a better understanding of IRC as a complex, heterogeneous phenomenon, which encompasses a variety of arrangements for knowledge creation across borders. A more nuanced understanding of IRC is needed for smarter university strategy, metric development, and policymaking.

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Novice researchers' perspectives on affordances in ICT4D research collaboration

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Collaboration is fundamental to progress in the field of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) research where interdisciplinary teams are involved in the requirements elicitation, design, implementation and evaluation of context-sensitive digital solutions. Research collaboration harbors the potential for knowledge exchange, improving research impact and human development; it is often a requirement in grant applications for funding. Despite the known benefits and incentives, there is evidence that research collaborations between African countries are lacking compared to those with and between other geographic regions. Furthermore, research collaboration has been studied as a variable but theorisation of the concept is lacking. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to theorize research collaboration as an object with affordances based on the perspective of novice researchers (master's, doctoral and postdoctoral students) in South Africa. The data capturing from a survey and focus groups with ICT4D novice researchers from different universities in South Africa produced 39 responses to be captured, transcribed and analyzed with Atlas.ti 8 using thematic analysis. The main contribution is the theorisation of research collaboration as an object with properties and then an investigation of the affordances offered to novice researchers together with the facilitating conditions and conversion factors influencing the actualisation of those affordances. The practical contribution is the insight gained into the perspectives of novice researchers as representatives of the future generation of research collaborators.

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Factors influencing research collaborations in Kenyan universities

Cited by 58 publications

References 28 publications

Barriers Affecting Research and Publication Efforts among Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities

Barriers Affecting Research and Publication Efforts among Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities

How “international” is international research collaboration?

Novice researchers' perspectives on affordances in ICT4D research collaboration

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