“Impact of research efforts on the promotions of academicians in management institutions: Some empirical evidences”

The Government Agencies including Ministry of Human Resource Development, All Indian Technical Education, University Grant Commission, ICSSR, Indian Council for Social Security Research, etc. have been putting emphasize on the research. In other words everybody is concerned with development of research skills so that large and large number of people can contribute in research projects. Moreover, it is imperative for all academic institutions to encourage their employees to undertake more and more research projects. Even the research activities are being considered one of very important elements for annual increments and career advancement. This research study has attempted to examine the relationship between research efforts and career advancement practices in Management Institutions or Business schools in Delhi NCR. Primary as well as secondary data has been used to achieve the objective of this study. The study has revealed that research efforts by the faculty member is one of significant predictor of their Promotion/Career Advancement.