Factors Influencing Successful Submission of PhD Theses

Wright, Toni; Cochrane, Raymond

doi:10.1080/713696139

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“…Conversely, in science, there is frequent contact among all researchers, both doctoral students and professors: "due to the emphasis of teamwork, close interaction and a sense of collegiality, the overall atmosphere in the department appears to be casual, friendly and lively" (Chiang 2003, 20). This may explain why completion rates in science departments are reported to be much higher (Park 2005;6 Seagram et al 1998;Wright and Cochrane 2000) and why doctoral studies in these fields are frequently shorter (Jiranek 2010). …”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Coping with loneliness: A netnographic study of doctoral students

Janta

Lugosi

Brown

2012

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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This study aims to fill an empirical void in our understanding of how doctoral students, both domestic and international, cope with loneliness and isolation, and what types of tactics they use during different phases of their doctoral studies to overcome such issues. Data gathered through a netnographic study show that loneliness is a major problem for both domestic and international students and that it occurs at different stages of the doctoral study. Tactics used by participants to deal with this issue include multiple forms of (face to face and online) social interaction, professional development and escape from the doctorate. The paper discusses avenues for further research alongside some practical recommendations that might be implemented at universities to decrease feelings of isolation among students and further reduce drop-out rates.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

Coping with loneliness: A netnographic study of doctoral students

Janta

Lugosi

Brown

2012

Journal of Further and Higher Education

122

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“…If communication has long delays, many matters or problems will change or lose their topicality. Creating an open interaction and reciprocal, prompt manner of communicating can prevent the research process from sidetracking (Wright & Cochrane, 2000).…”

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A Good Supervisor–Ten Facts of Caring Supervision

Määttä¹

2015

IES

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This article describes the elements of caring supervision of doctoral theses. The purpose was to describe the best practices as well as challenges of supervision especially from the supervisor's perspective. The analysis is based on the author's extensive experience as a supervisor and related data obtained for research and developmental purposes. Caring supervision is summarized into ten facts that illustrate the multidimensional nature of a supervision relationship. The findings can help supervisors develop in their important work of supervising doctoral theses.

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“…Jiranek (2010) presented that scholarships were an important factor for graduate students in chemistry and physics departments at the University of Adelaide in Australia to finish their theses on time. Wright and Cochrane (2000) also studied what influences Ph.D. completion at the University of Birmingham in England, and revealed that the students who were awarded research grants from the national science research councils had higher success rates in their thesis submissions.…”

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“…Nonetheless, many of these studies examined the factors for successful degree achievement (Rudd 1985;Becher et al 1994;Wright and Cochrane, 2000;Ours and Ridder, 2003); thus, there is still a lot to investigate regarding the factors that affect the graduate students' research productivity during their academic term. These factors have not been well explored mainly because it is difficult to obtain the data that indicates the research productivity of graduate students.…”

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Research Productivity of Graduate Students in GPF program of Korea

Kim¹

2014

KTIS

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This study analyzed the factors that influence the research productivity of 236 graduate students who are funded by the Global Ph.D. Fellowship Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea. Research productivity was measured by the number of SCI publications, and the explanatory factors are the demographic factor, the financial factor, the reputation of institutions and the supervisor factor. This study included 2 indices such as the reputation of institutions and the research productivity of supervisors to check the halo effect unlike other studies. Results are as follows: 1) no gender difference, 2) better performance by younger age group, 3) no difference even if the students are additionally funded by other research support programs, 4) no halo effect by the reputation of institution but rather better performance from low ranked universities, 5) and a positive halo effect by supervisors.

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Factors Influencing Successful Submission of PhD Theses

Cited by 145 publications

References 9 publications

Coping with loneliness: A netnographic study of doctoral students

Coping with loneliness: A netnographic study of doctoral students

A Good Supervisor–Ten Facts of Caring Supervision

Research Productivity of Graduate Students in GPF program of Korea

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