Individual and institutional factors influencing the research productivity of agricul­tural scientists

In this study, the individual factors influencing the res­earch productivity of agricultural scientists at the Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University were: Psycho-social factors, including commitment, achi­evement motivation, self-efficacy, time-utilization pattern, level of aspiration and creativity, psycho-motor factors like discipline, and research knowledge and skills contri­buted to 66.53% of the variance. The institutional factors influencing research productivity were research-related factors, including the availability of the mentoring system and research assistance, infrastructural facilities, feasibility for interdisciplinary research, research collaboration and professional development opportunities, work flexibility, mission and vision of the university, participa­tive leadership and decision-making, performance-linked promotional opportunity, job-related factors, including involvement in administrative activities and job security, contributed to 61.07% of the variance