FACTORS AFFECTING RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES OF LAHORE: A DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS

The significance of research to a university cannot beunderstated as it leads to creation of new knowledge, inventionsand innovations. It assists in improving the quality of teachingfaculty and the status of an institution in society. Decisions aboutpromotion and tenure heavily rely on the quality and quantity ofresearch output. This paper tries to determine the impact of differentfactors on research productivity of staff in private universities ofLahore. A self-administered questionnaire has been used to gatherdata. The sample size comprises of 169 faculty members from fiveselected universities of Lahore. Data has been analyzed by usingstatistical techniques of Principal Component Factor andDiscriminant Analyses. We conclude that teaching responsibilitiesand conferences play a significant role in determining researchproductivity in universities