are relatively new to the sector.Asa result of this focus,it is expected that such research will yield useful information to inform senior managers as well as those planning and conducting research training and researcher development programsas how best to cater for the needs of potential academics and early career academics. In summary, this study was designed with two purposes in mind: first, to investigate the relationship of self-efficacy beliefs in terms of research on publication output; and second, to identify the relationship of self-efficacy beliefs about research to the publishing outputs of beginning lecturers.