Guidelines for developing the research capabilities of academic support staff at the College of Logistics and Supply Chain

Abstract

This research is aimed to study the factors and obstacles affecting the creation and development of research by academic support staff at the College of Logistics and Supply Chain, and to study the current level of research potential and competence of academic support staff at the College of Logistics and Supply Chain. The study sample comprised 27 people by purposive sampling method the instrument used in the research was the satisfaction scale of employee satisfaction levels regarding document delivery operations questionnaire, with 5- rating scale. The statistics include the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results were as follows: the overview that of research potential of academic support staff in the College of Logistics and Supply Chain of the sample group have moderate agreement. The mean of satisfaction scale are between 3.15 and 3.82 and Standard Deviation of satisfaction scale are between 0.65 and 0.78, with the highest average of The need for self-development (x ̅=3.82, SD = 0.71), The second is Research potential and capabilities (x ̅=3.76, SD = 0.78) and Problems and obstacles (x ̅=3.65, SD = 0.65)