Working Environment and the Research Productivity of Doctoral Students in Management

Abstract

The authors examined the influence of creative personality and creative working environment on the research productivity of doctoral students in business. Students in management doctoral programs (N = 200) participated in an online survey. The results show that faculty support was positively associated with research productivity. Among demographic predictors, doctoral candidacy and years in one's present program were also positively associated with research productivity. The emergence of faculty support as the only significant environmental predictor of research productivity highlights the unique importance of faculty support, encouragement, and mentoring in developing the research potential of doctoral management students.

Keywords:

• Creative personality
• Creative working environment
• Doctoral students
• Faculty support
• Research productivity

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