المعوقات الاقتصادية والمجتمعية التي تواجه البحث العلمي في موسسات التعليم العالي في سلطنة عمان: دراسة كمية تحليلية

Economic and societal obstacles facing scientific research in higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman: an analytical quantitative study

The study mainly aimed at identifying the obstacles facing researchers from the economic and societal aspects, and examining the impact of demographic and academic variables on the attitudes of the study sample towards these obstacles after controlling and neutralizing their net impact. The study relied mainly on the questionnaire as a data collection tool, applied to (714) researchers and academics in higher education institutions in the Sultanate, using the sample social survey method. The study concluded with a set of results, the most prominent of which is that the obstacles related to the lack of research budgets, and the weakness and lack of rewards and material incentives for scientific research have occupied the highest ladder of obstacles with economic formulas, and the society’s lack of awareness of the importance of scientific research came as the most important societal obstacles. The results of the study showed that the institution type variable was the most independent variable affecting academics and researchers' differing views on the economic and societal obstacles they face while preparing for their scientific research.