Developing a student-doctoral education fit analytical model to assess performance

Ward, Anne Marie; Brennan, Niamh

doi:10.1080/03075079.2018.1545758

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“…Coupling the existing literature on PhD experience with the evidence in organizational psychology domain, the risk of having or developing a psychiatric disorder as well as to lead students to quit the doctoral program seems to be related to the perception of individual misfit (Ward & Brennan 2020). The misfit notion belongs to the so-called person-environment fit theoretical approach which conceptualizes the extent to which individuals experience a certain level of fit their job, organization, co-workers (and/or supervisor) as well as their goals and vocation/calling (Su et al, 2015).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

Person-Environment Misfit and Mental Disorder Among PHD Students: The Mediating Role of Meaningful Work

Tommasi¹,

Ceschi²,

Sartori³

2021

Psychological Applications and Trends

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"In organizational psychology, the authors’ awareness of the concerns about the current academic working conditions and their potential impacts on PhD students’ mental health is increasing. Accordingly, authors have witnessed increased the attention to PhD students’ perception of their fit with the environmental conditions, i.e., organizational policies, co-workers’ and supervisors’ relations and supports, as an antecedent of their PhD experience. In particular, such environmental conditions seem to be related to the high diffusion of state anxiety and depression among PhD students that perceive a certain level of misfit between them and the environment. However, studies suggested that, despite the working conditions, in the presence of positive experience at work, such as meaningful work, individuals are less at risk of developing mental disorders as well as of quitting their job. Indeed, meaningful work construct regards a positive individual phenomenon of experience and perception of meaningfulness at work. Then, it might be a potential experience that might mitigate the experience of negative states at work. The present paper aims to address the current need for knowledge by involving a literature review of the role played by meaningful work in the PhD experience. Then, the paper explores the potential mediational role of meaningful work between the path from P-E misfit and mental disorders’ symptoms and students’ intention to quit. A cross-sectional study has been devised via the use of an online questionnaire with self-report measures on P-E misfit, meaningful work, mental health disorders symptoms, and intention to quit. In a sample of N = 251 Italian PhD students, the results showed a prevalence of three mental health disorders symptoms, i.e., depression, anxiety and hostility, among doctorate students, which resulted to be positively related to the levels of P-E misfit. Then, the results showed a negative mediating role of meaningful work on the paths from P-E misfit to (a) mental disorders and (b) intention to quit. Finally, the paper advances further steps for research as well as for practical implications for supporting PhD students."

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

Person-Environment Misfit and Mental Disorder Among PHD Students: The Mediating Role of Meaningful Work

Tommasi¹,

Ceschi²,

Sartori³

2021

Psychological Applications and Trends

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“…According to Teklesellassie (2019), supervisors are always challenged with busy schedules therefore altering the set time may disadvantage the candidate and the progress s of the project. Ward and Brennan (2018) argue that sometimes the supervisor's response may not be so easy to comprehend. This calls for careful reflections and consultations by the candidate which should be timely managed by both parties (Kimani, 2014).…”

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Invest in Research Supervision, Enhance Timely Completion of Postgraduate studies

2021

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Postgraduate research supervision and its impact on students’ completion of postgraduate studies continue to pose significant challenges to higher education managers, postgraduate students, university dons, funders of postgraduate education, and all stake holders. This literature review based article summaries the research findings across six dimensions of postgraduate research supervision: Student-supervisor relationship, Gender and research supervision, Allocating and matching students with supervisors, Pedagogy of research supervision, Roles and responsibilities of postgraduate students and supervisors and Effective supervision. Student- supervisor relationship is noted to have direct and indirect influence on all other dimensions of research supervision and consequently to timely students’ completion of postgraduate studies. It was found out that the reaction and impact of the other six dimensions would be driven by the student-supervisor relationship. Students perceived that good working relationships with their research supervisors have an impact on their research progress. Studies concerning gender and research supervision are limited but the few available indicated that female candidates were largely affected in their progress due to gender-related challenges. It was revealed that effective supervision has a positive impact on timely students’ completion of postgraduate studies. Implications for postgraduate students and supervisors, schools, faculties, and departments of postgraduate education were identified.

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“…Our data and analyses face several limitations that are important to acknowledge from the outset. Greatest among these obstacles is the absence of data on individual students (including student-doctoral education fit; Baker and Pifer 2015; Ward and Brennan 2020). Although necessary to preserve their anonymity, this means we were unable to explore variation in committee properties by demographic traits—much less control for these traits in our investigation of attrition.…”

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The Duality of Students and Faculty: Illustrating the Sociological Utility of Doctoral Committee Data

Lewis

Packer

2020

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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In the context of growing interest in social networks and the sociology of graduate education, the authors examine a relational feature of postbaccalaureate study that has received particularly little attention: the doctoral committee. Data on committee memberships speak to multiple theoretical issues and are presumably maintained by most doctorate-granting institutions, yet this information is seldom aggregated or analyzed. Here, the authors draw on records from the University of California, San Diego to illustrate the utility of doctoral committee data for four areas of sociological inquiry: interdisciplinary knowledge production, departmental community, inequality in the workplace division of labor, and variation in student outcomes. For each, the authors present core findings, discuss their implications, and suggest directions for future research.

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Developing a student-doctoral education fit analytical model to assess performance

Cited by 19 publications

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Person-Environment Misfit and Mental Disorder Among PHD Students: The Mediating Role of Meaningful Work

Person-Environment Misfit and Mental Disorder Among PHD Students: The Mediating Role of Meaningful Work

Invest in Research Supervision, Enhance Timely Completion of Postgraduate studies

The Duality of Students and Faculty: Illustrating the Sociological Utility of Doctoral Committee Data

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