The Influence of Pay as a Motivator on the Research Productivity of Educators

Abstract

Research is one of a university’s primary functions. This study aimed to determine the influence of pay as a motivator on the research productivity of educators. It utilized a mixed-methods research design. The respondents are 150 faculty members randomly selected during the 1st semester of the SY 2022-2023. It used a validated survey instrument. The results show a 0.279 weakly positive correlation between the two variables. The computed t-value for this predictor exceeds the 95% confidence interval of (.492, 1.735) by a significant margin of p=0.001, hence the researchers reject the null hypothesis, which states that pay as a motivator significantly does not influence research productivity. For the qualitative phase, the emerging themes include the issues and problems regarding research productivity including lack of time due to work overload, lack of knowledge in research writing, tedious procedures in the research approval, and lack of work motivation/encouragement. Thus, the researchers crafted recommendations that could help enhance faculty members ’ research productivity.