“…With regard to academic career, having a postgraduate education is being deemed important as it improves the diverse academic experience peculiar to the fields of specialisation of the individuals, ensuring progress in the track of academic career (Artess & Hooley, 2017;Cragg & Andrusyszyn, 2004) and improving individuals, intellectual and cultural wealth, and ensuring lifelong learning opportunities (Aitken, Currey, Marshall & Elliott, 2008). In addition, postgraduate education significantly diversifies the academic and social lives of individuals by bringing in high competency regarding knowledge and technical skills in a specific field of specialisation, and by providing professional development opportunities (Battie & Steelman, 2014;Ng, 2016;Van Bragt, Bakx, Teune, Bergen & Croon, 2011). Moreover, it is being emphasised in the literature that postgraduate education increases job satisfaction and improves leadership skills and self-sufficiency (Armstrong & Adam, 2002;Cotterill-Walker, 2012).…”