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Do Leader and Organizational Characteristics Affect Scientist's Productivity? A Multilevel Analysis of Nigerian Agricultural Research System

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  • Ragasa, Catherine
  • Babu, Suresh Chandra
  • Abdullahi, Aliyu Sabi

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Organizations offer employees with opportunities to cultivate their innovativeness and facilitate greater productivity. In this paper we analyze preconditions for individual productivity of agricultural researchers in Nigeria, measured in terms of the self-reported number of scholarly publications and technologies produced; presence of external collaborators; number of dissemination events for publications produced; and perceived adoption level of technologies developed. It utilizes a multilevel analysis to systematically examine what characteristics of individual scientists and organizations promote greater individual productivity. The statistically significant random-effect estimates show that there is considerable variance across the 47 organizations after adjusting for the effects of differences in individual characteristics. Moreover, several measures of organizational characteristics are statistically significant in explaining variations in individual productivity. This paper contributes to limited studies that systematically analyze the influence of organizational factors and the organization head’s characteristics on individual researcher’s performance.

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  • Ragasa, Catherine & Babu, Suresh Chandra & Abdullahi, Aliyu Sabi, 2011. "Do Leader and Organizational Characteristics Affect Scientist's Productivity? A Multilevel Analysis of Nigerian Agricultural Research System," 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 103723, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea11:103723
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.103723
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    Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies;
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