Abstract
Prior studies document that the application of PBL bringing in unqualified and ineffective TVET lecturers. The current study explores the working environment of lecturers at a polytechnic in Central Java, Indonesia, specifically focused on classroom teaching schedules. The vocational lecturers have 2.5 to 3 working days available each week per semester, based on this situation will result in a vocational lecturer lacking time for applied research. The triple helix research relations play an important role in developing lecturer’s competence in polytechnics. This study aims to reveal a significant of the relationship in the triple helix variables for developing lecturer’s competence in polytechnics. This study used a quantitative method with a questionnaire that was distributed to 120 persons. WarpPLS 7.0 was utilized to analyze the data. The triple helix research relations for developing lecturer’s competence have ARS value is 0.748 and APC value is 0.859, so the triple helix variables have a directly significant effect. The magnitude of the p-values is less than 0.05, so that industry and government variables, government and polytechnic variables and polytechnic and industry variables have significant influences. These results are robust to the collaborative studies using the triple helix relations framework. Collaboration on industry research with Polytechnic should be supported by government policy. Government regulation offers financial support for lecturer research, and it will also enhance lecturer’s interest for applied research.
Keywords: Development Competence, Lecturer’s Competence, Polytechnic, Research Collaboration, Triple Helix Relation, WarpPLS Analysis.