Institutional Restrictions on Scientific Productivity: The Case Study of a Mexican Public University

• Main Author: Ana Isabel Metlich Medlich
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2009-05-01
• Series: Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
• Subjects: Productividad académica; académicos; universidad; organización.
• Online Access: http://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/222

<span>Identifying factors which restrict research is not only important for universities but for their professors. In this paper different aspects are researched and identified, which may influence scientific productivity. As a basis for this paper 48 interviews were conducted with researchers from a State Public University. These researchers were chosen including those from the highest level in the National System of Researchers (of Mexico), <span>SNI</span> for its acronym in Spanish Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, to those who have not yet entered it. The results sustain that professors have been submitted to requirements that hinder the development of their multiple tasks, among those stand out: produce knowledge, teach, and tutor students, follow internal and surrounding policies.</span>