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Information transfer implications of development research administration in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Aiyepeku Wilson O.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230030207
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , expatriate , government (linguistics) , public administration , field (mathematics) , political science , public relations , field research , research development , economic growth , sociology , social science , economics , law , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , test (biology) , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology
The study of research utilization and administration has been a growing field, but the emphasis in this field has been on industrialized countries. This article presents the results of a pioneering study of the use of research by senior officials in the Nigerian Federal Government. The article focuses first on Federal Government‐sponsored research, it reviews how such research was initiated and conducted, how results were presented and what affected the use of the results. The article then describes expatriate‐sponsored research, casts light on the conventional assumption about the amount of such research and points to the fact that there was comparatively less awareness of the results. The article not only provides significant information about the administration of research in Nigeria but emphasizes the need to give attention to this aspect of administration.