Factors Influencing Research Performance of University Women Academic Staff in China

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Abstract

This research explored (i) the difficulties that most young women scholars face in sustainable academic research development, (ii) the factors that enhance or inhibit research productivity of young women researchers, and (iii) the work lives in their early-career development in China. A qualitative study was conducted with data obtained from semi-structured, in-depth interviews of 24 young women university researchers from three provinces and a municipality in China. Findings show that factors that relate to sustainable research productivity are individual attributes, discipline attributes, institutional attributes and policy attributes. Lastly, suggestions for policy making in higher education and for improving sustainable research development of young women researchers in China are provided and implications for future research are discussed.

Author

• Huanchun Chen, Zhenjiang Administration Institute