Table 1 Factors and items loading Factor...

Table 1

Factors and items loading

Factor	Item	Description	Individual item loading
F1. PRIOR (Priorities of heads of R&D areas)	PRIOR341	To obtain higher long-term financing associated to projects	0.9804^*
	PRIOR3410	To improve researchers’ employment opportunities	0.9804^*
	PRIOR3411	To increase collaborations with industry	0.9778^*
	PRIOR3412	To develop education and training programs	0.8031^*
	PRIOR3413	To obtain practical and applicable results from the developed research projects	0.8029^*
	PRIOR3414	To obtain more support from other R&D areas	0.8029^*
	PRIOR3415	To improve the research culture of the area and the center	0.8029^*
	PRIOR3416	To increase the support from other local or regional R&D areas	0.7172^*
	PRIOR342	To obtain more basal funds not coming from national or international projects	0.9807^*
	PRIOR343	To increase the number of international scientific publications	0.9758^*
	PRIOR344	To attract good researchers	0.7445^*
	PRIOR345	To improve international collaborations	0.9782^*
	PRIOR346	To develop a better scientific program	0.9774^*
	PRIOR347	To obtain more support from the CEO and top management team	0.9799^*
	PRIOR348	To improve the scientific leadership of the R&D area	0.9806^*
F2. INCRMO (RMO Incentives)	INCRMO213	It provides the RMO members with more job security	0.8708^*
	INCRMO214	It increases the promotion opportunities for the RMO members	0.8277^*
	INCRMO215	It improves the appreciation and respect for the RMO members among the rest of the staff	0.9033^*
	INCRMO219	It offers opportunities for RMO members to learn new things	0.8325^*
F3. WORKRMO (RMO Workload)	WORKRMO	Number of activities undertaken by the RMO in the last year, in relation to the staff members of the office	1^*
F4. NRESEAR (Number of researchers in the centers)	NRESERAR	Number of research staff in the centers	1^*
F5. PROACT (Proactivity of the center)	PROACT181	7th FP - Cooperation–Health	0.8100^*
	PROACT1815	7th FP - Cooperation-NANO 7th FP–IDEAS	0.8783^*
	PROACT186	(ERC)	0.9160^*
	PROACT187	7th FP - PEOPLE (Marie Curie Actions)	0.8708^*
F6. EFFEC (Effectiveness of the center)	EFFEC	Number of international competitive projects acquired by the center in the last five years	1^*

Factor	Item	Description	Individual item loading
F1. PRIOR (Priorities of heads of R&D areas)	PRIOR341	To obtain higher long-term financing associated to projects	0.9804^*
	PRIOR3410	To improve researchers’ employment opportunities	0.9804^*
	PRIOR3411	To increase collaborations with industry	0.9778^*
	PRIOR3412	To develop education and training programs	0.8031^*
	PRIOR3413	To obtain practical and applicable results from the developed research projects	0.8029^*
	PRIOR3414	To obtain more support from other R&D areas	0.8029^*
	PRIOR3415	To improve the research culture of the area and the center	0.8029^*
	PRIOR3416	To increase the support from other local or regional R&D areas	0.7172^*
	PRIOR342	To obtain more basal funds not coming from national or international projects	0.9807^*
	PRIOR343	To increase the number of international scientific publications	0.9758^*
	PRIOR344	To attract good researchers	0.7445^*
	PRIOR345	To improve international collaborations	0.9782^*
	PRIOR346	To develop a better scientific program	0.9774^*
	PRIOR347	To obtain more support from the CEO and top management team	0.9799^*
	PRIOR348	To improve the scientific leadership of the R&D area	0.9806^*
F2. INCRMO (RMO Incentives)	INCRMO213	It provides the RMO members with more job security	0.8708^*
	INCRMO214	It increases the promotion opportunities for the RMO members	0.8277^*
	INCRMO215	It improves the appreciation and respect for the RMO members among the rest of the staff	0.9033^*
	INCRMO219	It offers opportunities for RMO members to learn new things	0.8325^*
F3. WORKRMO (RMO Workload)	WORKRMO	Number of activities undertaken by the RMO in the last year, in relation to the staff members of the office	1^*
F4. NRESEAR (Number of researchers in the centers)	NRESERAR	Number of research staff in the centers	1^*
F5. PROACT (Proactivity of the center)	PROACT181	7th FP - Cooperation–Health	0.8100^*
	PROACT1815	7th FP - Cooperation-NANO 7th FP–IDEAS	0.8783^*
	PROACT186	(ERC)	0.9160^*
	PROACT187	7th FP - PEOPLE (Marie Curie Actions)	0.8708^*
F6. EFFEC (Effectiveness of the center)	EFFEC	Number of international competitive projects acquired by the center in the last five years	1^*

Note(s): ^*All loadings are significant (ƿ<0.1)

Items PRIOR (349 and 3417); Items INCRMO (211, 212, 216,217 and 2111); Items PROACT (182, 183, 184, 185, 188, 189, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814) were eliminated (the values of their loads were below 0.7)

Source(s): Authors’ elaboration

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