This descriptive correlational study focused on the research engagement and productivity of the physical education teachers in selected universities in China. Physical Education teacher-respondents are productive in research as institutional requirement, performance evaluation, and professional title evaluation which are often important to research engagement. Therefore, they engage in research because it is a university requirement for their performance evaluation so they can obtain the highest professional title. Physical Education teacher-respondents are less productive in research completion since it would be possible only at a specified duration. They are productive in research publication and utilization which are often important to research productivity. However, they neither consider important the publication in high-quality Chinese journals in physical education and based on international standards nor international peer-review processes in physical education. All the variables in research engagement such as institutional requirements, performance evaluation and professional title evaluation are positively correlated to all the variables in research productivity such as research completion, research publication, research presentation and research utilization. It indicates that the Physical Education teacher-respondents who considered more the factors in research engagement such as institutional requirements, performance evaluation and professional title evaluation also considered more research productivity in terms of research completion, research publication, research presentation and research utilization. It also indicates that the research productivity of the Physical Education teacher-respondents had something to do with the factors in research engagement. 

Yongsheng Liao, Mark Christian Siwa. Research Engagement and Productivity of Physical Education Teachers: Basis for Quality Research Management in Universities. International Journal of Sports Technology (2024), Vol. 5, Issue 1: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJST.2024.050101.

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