IMPACT OF SCHOLARSHIPS ON PRODUCTIVITY WITH MODERATING ROLE OF ENABLING ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNIVERSITIIES OF KHYBERPAKHTUNKHWA

Abstract

This research study investigates the effect of Scholarships on Academic productivity (Productivity) by taking the interaction (moderating) role of Enabling Environment (EE) in the universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. For the stated purpose, 27 public sector universities from KP were taken as the target population. An equal proportionate sampling technique in the
first phase was adopted to select 378 respondents out of the total population. In the second phase, a simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 14 respondents from each institute. The study employed normality tests, correlation analysis, and regression analysis on primary data collected through questionnaires. Before going into major data collection, a pilot study was conducted and the validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by collecting data from 30 respondents who were not part of the major sample. Regression tests were performed to check out the effect of independent variable and moderators on productivity. It is concluded that scholarships and EE have a significant
effect on productivity. It was observed that by including the moderator in the model, the interaction term accounted for 26.8% variation with significant effect hence the moderator significantly moderates the relationship between scholarships and productivity. The study has practical implications in terms of giving suggestions to improve policies, bringing transparency in funds allocation, improvement in infrastructure and physical environment including support by the administration. HR strengthening and university international linkages were taken as the novel determinants of productivity hence the study has academic implications too.