Here as an industrial professional he would be delivering the requirements and would be in pressure, does the research publication really help in his growth.
First of all it is useful for his searching place in some university. He has to publish papers in that case. Widely, for people in education process his knowledge and experience are connection with practice. Personal ambitions are very important too.
Usually, publication(s) help the employer, less the employee. Some way of marketing.
but there is another side - especially if you are the only author (making clear this reflects YOUR work/knowledge): publications might be a plus when applying for another job - some other way to demonstrate your knowledge, skills etc.
the publication helps to show-case the competency and expertise of both employee as well as employer...especially for employee, he / she does't need to tell industry people that they have certain skills and expertise when they have publication related to those skills and expertise....these publications serves like endorsements for employees...for employer it helps to enhance marketing of their products / competency / expertise...
It is always important to publish and thus document the work so that the efforts will be helpful in guiding someone else to some extent. In industry docentation and publishing a paper out of work will help you in marketing the products with scientific back up which will be easier to convince the farmersand buyers.
While switching the company this will definitely provide some idea about the competence of the author and scientic caliberity
Industry scientists publish in refereed journals with less frequency than counterparts in universities and research institutions. Industry scientists wish to share the information described in their publications but they follow a set of rules that, although applying to industry and academia alike, tend to be enforced more diligently in industry. There is much useful information in the patent literature, and it is a source of frustration to industrial scientists that their academic colleagues to not recognize this. Academic scientists in turn express frustrations that patents are so difficult to read and often also difficult to find.
Thank you.... with the boundaries of restrictions, ethics and regulations...... many of them tend to be outside unless it is mandatory or requirement...
Please correct if there is anything abnormal in the thought process...