Table A3

Unrotated principal components of motivations to participate in UBC

Description of motivation to participate in UBCPCA1PCA2
To obtain personal income (Individual)0.44270.6183
To get academic promotion (Individual)0.46180.4769
To commercialise my IP and know-how (Individual)0.57230.4666
To improve the reputation of myself (Individual)0.61210.2853
Access to materials and equipment (Individual)0.62030.271
To obtain funding/financial resources for research (Institutional)0.64920.1267
To address societal challenges and issues (Economical)0.6092−0.1362
To contribute to the mission of the university (Other)0.651−0.29
To use my research in practice (Individual)0.6688−0.3275
To improve the university's teaching performance (Institutional)0.6352−0.3394
To gain new insights for research (Other)0.6603−0.3877
To improve graduate employability (Other)0.5101−0.4382

Note(s): Two motivational components were retained – Individual (personal and career-related incentives) and Institutional (mission- and research-related incentives) – explained 68% of total variance

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