The Influence of Organizational Support and the Research Administrative System on Research Behavior in Thai Universities
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Based on the review of the literature, it was found that there are problems involved with the research behavior of supporting staff in Thai universities that are related to attitudes toward research and organizations that lack the encouragement and promotion of doing research. Therefore, this research was conducted to further develop a model to improve and enhance research behavior. The researcher collected the data from 240 participants from six universities by using convenience sampling. The proposed research model was tested through structural equation modeling, and the results showed that the model is fit for the study x2 = 74.02, df = 42, P = 0.07, x2/df = 1.76, RMR = 0.01, GFI = 0.98, AGFI = 0.96, CFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.04). The research results indicated that 1) Organizational support has a positive indirect on research behavior for routine work development through attitudes toward research (β = 0.87, p = .05), while the research administrative system has a negative indirect on research behavior for routine work development through the attitudes toward research (β = -0.50, p = .05). These findings suggest that universities should provide support related to the attitudes to enhance the research behaviors that are advantageous for routine work development. In practice, the research administrative system should apply stronger incentives for the supporting staff to raise the level of their research behavior. Moreover, the universities can provide training, coaching and compensation for the promotion and development of their knowledge, skills, ability and attitudes in order to improve the performance of their research behavior.
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