Compare the attitudes of the faculty members of Tabriz Medical Sciences University toward research activities with regard to individual and organizational factors

Abstract

ABSTRACT Medical Sciences in Iran, along with other sciences, requires research to be carried out to generate modern science and ultimately the continuation of health in the community, this research is possible through researchers and academics, including university faculty members. The aim of this study is to compare attitudes of the faculty members in Medical Sciences University toward research activities with regard to individual and organizational factors, in order to strengthen factors that tend to have a positive impact on eliminating those factors which have a negative impact on the tendency of faculty members to carry out research. This research is a descriptive study without interference or subjective inference, regarding the potential factors that have happened before; the statistical population comprises all faculty members of Tabriz Medical Sciences University including a total of 765 out of which 256 people were randomly selected using Morgan table. Data collection was carried out by questionnaire. Likert scale was used to measure structures. The examined factors in this study in order to compare the tendency of faculty members to research activities in the university were professors’ familiarity with research methods, participating in in-service refresher training, the existence of informative networks at the university, allocation of financial resources for research by University of and job satisfaction of the professors. Data analysis was performed applying SPSS statistical software, Friedman test was used to analyze the main hypothesis of and for the next assumptions with regard to respondents division into two groups with desired factors inclusion and non-inclusion the independent T-test was used.

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Masoume Allahgholizade, BehnamTalebi, Sohrab Yazdani and Jahangir Yari

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Masoume Allahgholizade, BehnamTalebi, Sohrab Yazdani and Jahangir Yari (2016). Compare the attitudes of the faculty members of Tabriz Medical Sciences University toward research activities with regard to individual and organizational factors. International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research., 7(1), 434-439. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-154406