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Cheng, Ying-Hsueh; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Liang, Jyh-Chong – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
The purpose of the study was to measure graduate students' academic hardiness (GSAH) and academic self-efficacy (GSASE) and to examine the relationships between the two. A total of 202 graduate students across disciplines were recruited to complete two questionnaires (GSAH and GSASE). Results of exploratory factor analyses showed that the GSAH and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Graduate Students, Academic Achievement, Stress Management
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Pretorius, Marius – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
With increased pressure to publish, academics are pursuing creative ways to achieve enhanced research outputs. One such process is the publication-based thesis (PBT) for both masters and PhD candidates, rather than monographs. While this process is not novel in the sciences, it has not been widely applied by economic and management schools,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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Huerta, Margarita; Goodson, Patricia; Beigi, Mina; Chlup, Dominique – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Researchers interested in psychological factors affecting writers in higher-education institutions, or academic writers, are concerned with internal variables affecting writing productivity; however few empirical studies explore these factors with samples of students who are in the process of earning master's or doctoral degrees (i.e., graduate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Writing (Composition), Academic Discourse, Anxiety
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Kiley, Margaret; Cumming, Jim – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
The focus of this paper is on student learning pathways--with particular reference to the factors motivating coursework master's students to seek entry to a doctoral programme--along with the implications for higher education policy and practice. It is argued nationally and internationally that although a number of challenges continue to confront…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs
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Maxwell, T. W.; Smyth, Robyn – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
This paper presents our theorizing about the complex nature of higher degree research supervision. The intent is to make a contribution to the current debates about higher education generally, and supervision of higher degree research students in particular. We add to the pedagogy of supervision by extending its scope to and beyond the supervisory…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Doctoral Programs