This study examines the relationships between a collaborative climate for research management professionals and external funding at universities. University research management is becoming increasingly important in efforts to develop innovation. By combining data from an original questionnaire survey and a public dataset, this study employed multilevel structural equation modelling. The sample comprised 292 research management professionals at 76 Japanese universities and research institutions. The results indicate that the whole hypothetical model of the two-level structure fitted the data well. At the organisational level, the knowledge-sharing environment had a significant positive relation with external research funding. Supportive supervision was also positively and significantly related to the knowledge-sharing environment at the individual and organisational levels. The findings show that a more collaborative climate for research management professionals can lead to more external funding of the entire university; they provide a new contribution to the theory and practice of university research management.

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大学研究管理专业人员和外部资金的多层次分析：来自日本的经验证据

这项研究考察了研究管理专业人员的协作氛围与大学外部资金之间的关系。大学研究管理在发展创新中变得越来越重要。通过结合原始问卷调查的数据和公共数据集，本研究采用了多层结构方程模型。样本包括来自76个日本大学和研究机构的292名研究管理专业人员。结果表明，该二级结构的整个假设模型很好地拟合了数据。在组织层面，知识共享环境与外部研究资金有着显着的正相关关系。支持性的监督也与个人和组织层面的知识共享环境积极且显着相关。研究结果表明，研究管理专业人员的合作氛围更加紧密，可以为整个大学带来更多的外部资金支持；它们为大学研究管理的理论和实践提供了新的贡献。