An Exploratory Investigation of the Research Self-Efficacy, Interest in Research, and Research Knowledge of Ph.D. in Education Students

Lambie, Glenn W.; Hayes, Ben; Griffith, Catherine; Limberg, Dodie; Mullen, Patrick R.

doi:10.1007/s10755-013-9264-1

Cited by 86 publications

(101 citation statements)

References 32 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Isolation is one factor that can impact online dissertation students. Positive interactions foster feelings of belonging and community among online students (Rovai, 2002;Yuan & Kim, 2014), and collaboration develops a collegial environment encouraging research (Lambie et al, 2014). Since receiving support increases doctoral engagement and lack of support and feedback is associated with a higher risk of student burnout (Vekkaila et al, 2016), this has broader implications for creating approaches that encourage interaction between dissertation committees and online students.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Using a collaborative technology, the DC Network is a resource for new researchers to receive feedback on prospective research from a nationwide research community. Having confidence in research-related tasks may lead to successful completion of research (Kahn & Scott, 1997;Lambie, Hayes, Griffith, Limberg, & Mullen, 2014;Phillips & Russell, 1994), and research anxiety is more common in online students (DeVaney, 2010). Using the DC Network may mitigate research stress in distance barriers for novice researchers.…”

Section: Background Doctoral Community Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Supervisors are tasked with developing research competencies in students, while simultaneously encouraging independence (Orellana, Darder, Pérez, & Salinas, 2016). When students are confident in research-oriented activities, they more likely have the ability to perform research-related tasks (Lambie et al, 2014). Hence, to facilitate the progress of emerging scholars, it is important to develop pragmatic solutions to allow new researchers to become successful as they endeavor to produce academic research.…”

Section: Navigating Th E Dissertation Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

A Preliminary Examination of Doctoral Student Retention Factors in Private Online Workspaces

Ames

Berman

Casteel

2018

IJDS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aim/PurposeThe purpose of this quantitative descriptive study is to provide a preliminary examination of students' retention factors of engagement, communication, and isolation that may be affected by the introduction and use of online communities for dissertation development within an online doctoral program. BackgroundThis research is a continuation of the university's 5-year research initiative to address the high national rate of doctoral attrition by investigating whether private online workspaces provide a virtual platform to increase student interaction, enhance student communication, and reduce student perception of isolation.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Background Doctoral Community Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Navigating Th E Dissertation Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

A Preliminary Examination of Doctoral Student Retention Factors in Private Online Workspaces

Ames

Berman

Casteel

2018

IJDS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Piperopoulos and Dimov (2015), on their work found that student's entrepreneurial efficacy is positively related to practically based courses. Whereas focusing on PhD students, those who completed research courses and have publish journal articles are found to be more efficacious than others who have not (Lambie, Hayes, Griffith, Limberg, & Mullen, 2014). While Niu (2010), has found that self-efficacy is positively related to career commitment among employees, thus to check on how practitioners are committed to career, or profession it is necessary to check on their self-efficacy.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing & Validating a Measure for PR Professionals’ Self-efficacy

Gusau¹,

Abdullah²,

Tamam³

et al. 2017

ASS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

For the past three decades self-efficacy studies have been conducted in social science and other fields of academic endeavor. However, sufficient evidence has clearly shown that this research interest seems to neglect Public Relations (i.e. PR) discipline as there are hardly traceable works connected to this important field of study. This work therefore, represents an attempt to develop PR professionals' self-efficacy scale to measure the ability of PR professionals in carrying out their duties. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted with PR experts and the result has shown a required factor loading for 23 out of total 24 items. Equally, the six operationalized dimensions were all consistent when confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. Similarly, discriminant and convergent validity tests which guarantees the instrument as valid for measuring Public Relations practitioners' self-efficacy were also found to be fit.

show abstract

“…Effective communication with dissertation chairs enables research self-efficacy in doctoral students (Coryell & Murray, 2014;Lambie, Hayes, Griffith, Limberg, & Mullen, 2014;Mason, 2012). Research self-efficacy helps doctoral students develop the skills necessary to produce quality research, enabling progress toward degree completion.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Psychological Benefits of Using an Emerging Video Technology to Coach and Retain Doctoral Learners

Maul

Berman

Ames

2018

IJDS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aim/Purpose: Retention of doctoral students, particularly during the dissertation stage, has been a decades-old concern. The study examined the value of dissertation chairs’ use of a cloud-based video technology for coaching doctoral students, and its influence on psychological factors previously linked to retention. The psychological aspects included social presence, research self-efficacy, social isolation, and motivation Background: Prior research identified the importance of addressing psychological factors that lead to student retention and the development of future researchers capable of producing quality research. Methodology: An exploratory case study included a survey of dissertation chairs, interviews of dissertation chairs and doctoral students, and review of documents and artifacts in a university in the southwestern United States. Contribution: The findings revealed several aspects of the video technology that dissertation chairs and their doctoral students identified as valuable from a psychological perspective, and there were several unexpected findings. Findings: Coaching using an emerging video technology positively influenced psychological factors leading to improved research self-efficacy, scholarly writing, efficiency and effectiveness of the academic coaching process, which resulted in student retention. Students identified the relationship established with their dissertation chair while using video technology led to their decision to remain in the doctoral program. Recommendations for Practitioners: Use coaching opportunities to develop research self-efficacy as well as to increase social presence, which will help reduce social isolation and increase student retention. Recommendation for Researchers: Integrate emerging cloud-based video technologies for conducting research to engage multiple researchers at different locations. Impact on Society: This virtual coaching approach can improve the research capabilities and reten-tion of doctoral students in today’s online world during the dissertation phase. Future Research: To validate the relationships found in this study, future research should focus on the quantitative aspects of the psychological factors identified in this study.

show abstract

An Exploratory Investigation of the Research Self-Efficacy, Interest in Research, and Research Knowledge of Ph.D. in Education Students

Cited by 86 publications

References 32 publications

A Preliminary Examination of Doctoral Student Retention Factors in Private Online Workspaces

A Preliminary Examination of Doctoral Student Retention Factors in Private Online Workspaces

Developing & Validating a Measure for PR Professionals’ Self-efficacy

Exploring the Psychological Benefits of Using an Emerging Video Technology to Coach and Retain Doctoral Learners

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About