The effects of leader expectation and coworker pressure on research engagement in higher education: the moderating role of achievement value
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
ISSN: 2050-7003
Article publication date: 14 June 2021
Issue publication date: 31 May 2022
Abstract
Purpose
While being largely studied in organizational research, job engagement has rarely been empirically investigated in the context of higher education. In this study, this paper aim to examine the effects of leader performance expectation and coworker pressure on research engagement of lecturers and the moderation of achievement value.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors based the survey on the data collected from public higher educational institutions in Vietnam.
Findings
The findings contribute to the literature of job engagement in higher education from an organizational behavior perspective by explaining the mid-level impacts of departmental factors affecting research engagement.
Originality/value
The authors develop an organizational behavior perspective related to middle-level factors to understand factors influencing one specific research job of lecturers in higher education in a non-Western developing nation.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This research is funded by National Economics University.
Citation
Nguyen, N.L. (2022), "The effects of leader expectation and coworker pressure on research engagement in higher education: the moderating role of achievement value", Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 1114-1126. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-04-2021-0123
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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