Factors Compelling and Impeding Research Result Utilization: Policy to Increase Research Adoption

Abstract

As research functions not only to generate knowledge but also to promote reforms and action, this study identified the factors that influence adoption of research findings. Using sequential transformative mixed-method data collection and analysis, this study involved 50 research works publishedin a provincial-wide research journal from 2014-2017. Through interview questions, influential factors in adopting researchoutput were identified and validated using four-point Likert- scale. Based on the result, promotional strategies to make the research known to others, adoption of policy as a guideline for research management, and positive attitude towards using research-based output are the highly influential factors in adopting research findings. More importantly, a policy note was crafted to address ways to increase the number of produced research utilized by larger scale of target beneficiaries.