Requirements for Improving the Scientific Productivity of Educational Institutions to Enhance the Sustainability of Human Resources: An Analytical Study at Cordoba Private University
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This research aimed to analyze the impact of requirements for improving scientific productivity in educational institutions on enhancing human resource sustainability at Cordoba Private University. This stems from the importance of providing a supportive research environment that contributes to developing scientific performance, retaining human talent, and ensuring the sustainability of its contributions. The requirements for improving scientific productivity were defined in five dimensions: institutional support for scientific research, research funding, a system of incentives and scientific recognition, research guidance and mentorship, and electronic information resources and knowledge infrastructure. Human resource sustainability, on the other hand, was defined in three dimensions: social sustainability, psychological sustainability, and environmental sustainability. The research adopted a descriptive-analytical approach, and a questionnaire was used as the primary data collection tool from Cordoba Private University's academic, teaching, and administrative staff involved in scientific and research activities. Fifty-eight (58) questionnaires were valid for statistical analysis out of a total of sixty-five (65) distributed, representing a validity rate of 89.23%. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with the SmartPLS software. The results showed that the availability of requirements for improving scientific productivity was high, with a mean score of 3.70. Electronic information resources and knowledge infrastructure ranked first, while research funding ranked last. Human resource sustainability also achieved a high level, with a mean score of 3.71. Social sustainability ranked first, while environmental sustainability ranked last. The results demonstrated a statistically significant positive impact of requirements for improving scientific productivity on human resource sustainability, with a path coefficient of β = 0.585 and a coefficient of determination (R² = 0.342). This means that requirements for improving scientific productivity explain 34.2% of the variance in human resource sustainability. The research concluded that there is a need to increase attention to research funding, develop a system of incentives and scientific recognition, continue supporting electronic information resources and knowledge infrastructure, and promote practices related to the psychological and environmental sustainability of human resources to support sustainable academic and research performance at the university.
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