Aligning individual and organizational R&D goals for self-sustainability: investigating preferences of researchers in selected CSIR laboratories, India

Beena Kumari, Sangeeta Sahney and Anuradha Madhukar

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 2021, vol. 71, issue 5, 1642-1673

Abstract: Purpose - This paper intends to explore the measure for aligning the goals of researchers toward achieving organizational R&D targets. The paper also explores the significance and ordering of R&D outputs and the factors that influence generation of R&D outputs, from the perspective of researchers working in the Indian public sector organizations. Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected in five Indian R&D laboratories, and weighted average method Spearman correlation coefficient and rank regression were utilized for the analysis. Findings - The findings indicated that various groups of researchers prefer to target different R&D outputs and not all the factors are considered as equally significant in influencing the generation of R&D outputs. Further, the R&D organization should include preferred real factors while policy making for achieving collaborative efforts toward fulfilling organizational objectives. The set of selected R&D outputs and influencing factors were also ordered according to the average rankings given by the researchers. Practical implications - The findings can help R&D managers to identify the expectations of the researchers and include their preferences in R&D Planning. The study could be extended to a larger dataset of researchers working in other government as well as private R&D organizations. Originality/value - Hardly any studies were found that explored the preferences of researchers with respect to R&D outputs and influencing factors with respect to the Indian public sector R&D laboratories.

Keywords: Public funded R&D; Self-sustainability; Man-days Involvement[a]; Productivity factors; R&D outputs ranking; Productivity determinants; R&D productivity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-12-2019-0556

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