Societal Factors Affecting Commercialization of Academic Research: An Ethical Research Approach

Subject Areas : ‌Family

Aziz Pourmahdi ¹ , Amir Hossein Mohammad Davood ² , Kamran Mohammadkhani ³

1 - Ph.D. Student of educational administration, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of educational administration, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, saveh, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of higher educational administration, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-10-28 Accepted : 2020-09-27 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: Social Factors, Research Ethics, commercialization of academic research,

Abstract :

The present study aimed to provide a model for promoting research ethics in line with commercialization of academic research (case: Islamic Azad universities of Ardabil province). This research is applied in terms of its purpose. The method of data collection was mixed with a sequential exploratory type. The statistical population in the qualitative part, included the experts and academic experts and the individuals with executive posts in the field of commercialization and research ethics who were selected through purposeful sampling. The statistical population of quantitative part consisting of faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Ardebil. The research instrument in the qualitative part included interviewing and content analyses. Data analysis was done through codecs in the qualitative part of the research and in the quantitative section in two parts descriptive (mean, standard deviation ...). The findings showed that the dimensions of research ethics promotion in the commercialization of Azad University research, respectively, included components within the organization (19 indicators), out of organization (14 indicators) and individual (12 indicators). Also, the results showed that the existing status of components of the research ethics promotion model in the commercialization of academic research is lower than the average of society. Finally, the presented model included the research components (within the organization, outside of organization, individual components, goals and philosophy, theoretical foundations, strategies for promoting research ethics in the commercialization of academic research, and also the results showed that the proposed model had a suitable fit.