RUAHA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

The major roles of most universities include: teaching, conducting research, and offering community service. In order for a university to grow, it must invest in research. Unfortunately, in most universities, research is not adequately conducted. The purpose of the study was to assess the organization development intervention on the research capability of lecturers. A number of scholars have highlighted the reasons why university lecturers have not been enthusiastic about conducting research. These reasons include insufficient knowledge on scientific competencies for carrying out quality research and insufficient management support to build and manage potent research teams. Another cause was indifference towards carrying out academic research. This study was carried out to assess whether organization development interventions can down play the above-mentioned challenges and ultimately augment research by university lecturers. The study found that knowledge on scientific competencies, attitude towards research as well as building and managing research teams significantly influence research and publication.

Organization, Development, Capability