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Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university

A study was undertaken to investigate the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university regarding the predictors of timely PhD completion.Taken 320 PhD candidates from Universiti Utara Malaysia as respondents, the study focused on six predictors namely, institutional/organizational, rese...

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Main Authors: Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani, Zainol Abidin, Azlan, Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan, Ahmad, Rozila
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Published: MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy 2015
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LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/16816/1/19.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.168162016-01-05T00:48:28Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/16816/ Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani Zainol Abidin, Azlan Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan Ahmad, Rozila LB2300 Higher Education A study was undertaken to investigate the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university regarding the predictors of timely PhD completion.Taken 320 PhD candidates from Universiti Utara Malaysia as respondents, the study focused on six predictors namely, institutional/organizational, research skill, research work, supervision, motivational and de-motivational.Research skill was perceived by the candidates as the most important predictor of timely PhD completion.The findings also revealed that the candidates perceived supervision as the second predictor of timely PhD completion, followed by motivational, de-motivational and institutional/organizational.Additionally, the PhD candidates did not perceive research work as predictor of timely completion of their PhD.The study significantly provides the university with accurate predictors of timely PhD completion which may asssit the educators in planning and managing the postgraduate candidates specifically in terms of completing their PhD according to the timeframe. MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/16816/1/19.pdf Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani and Zainol Abidin, Azlan and Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan and Ahmad, Rozila (2015) Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (3 S1). pp. 259-267. ISSN 2039-9340 http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p259 doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p259
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic LB2300 Higher Education
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Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani
Zainol Abidin, Azlan
Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan
Ahmad, Rozila
Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university
description A study was undertaken to investigate the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university regarding the predictors of timely PhD completion.Taken 320 PhD candidates from Universiti Utara Malaysia as respondents, the study focused on six predictors namely, institutional/organizational, research skill, research work, supervision, motivational and de-motivational.Research skill was perceived by the candidates as the most important predictor of timely PhD completion.The findings also revealed that the candidates perceived supervision as the second predictor of timely PhD completion, followed by motivational, de-motivational and institutional/organizational.Additionally, the PhD candidates did not perceive research work as predictor of timely completion of their PhD.The study significantly provides the university with accurate predictors of timely PhD completion which may asssit the educators in planning and managing the postgraduate candidates specifically in terms of completing their PhD according to the timeframe.
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author Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani
Zainol Abidin, Azlan
Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan
Ahmad, Rozila
author_facet Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani
Zainol Abidin, Azlan
Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan
Ahmad, Rozila
author_sort Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani
title Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university
title_short Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university
title_full Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university
title_fullStr Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university
title_full_unstemmed Predictors of timely PhD completion: Investigating the perceptions of PhD candidates at the Malaysian university
title_sort predictors of timely phd completion: investigating the perceptions of phd candidates at the malaysian university
publisher MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy
publishDate 2015
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/16816/1/19.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/16816/
http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p259
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