Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 MSc, Knowledge and Information Science, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Professor, knowledge & Information science, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, knowledge & Information science, Department knowledge & Information science , Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: This study aims at Identification and analysis of encouraging and inhibiting factors of scientific collaboration among Faculty members of ShahidChamran University and Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences of Ahvaz at local, national and international levels.Methods: Data collection instrument was a questionnaire made by researcher. The study sample consistsed of 292 Faculty members in two universities of shahidChamran University and Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences of Ahvaz.. Its reliability was determined through Cronbach's alpha coefficient α = 0/94.Results: Conducting factor analysis on the data revealed13 main factors were extracted by conducting a factor analysis. 6 of those factors were about encouraging and 7 of them were inhibiting factors. 6 ofencouragingfactors is encouraging factor political and scientific-research, encouragingfactors individuals, encouragingfactors creating skill, encouragingfactors communication, encouragingfactors cultural,encouragingfactors motivation. and The most important inhibiting factors in research is important inhibiting political and scientific-research factor, inhibiting cultural factor, inhibiting individual factor, inhibiting relating to international issues, inhibiting communicative factor, inhibiting individual factor, inhibiting motivating factor. The highest mean (74/09) belongs to political and scientific-research encouraging factor and the lowest mean (7/19) belongs to inhibiting motivational factor. Therefore, results indicate that political, scientific-research factor is the most important encouraging factor and inhibiting motivational factor is the least important factor in scientific cooperation among Faculty members.Conclusion: This study introduces the most important inhibiting and encouraging scientific collaboration, offers ways to improve and expand scientific collaborations among researchers and removing inhibiting.
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