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Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions

This study investigated the perceptions of PhD candidates on factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian Public Higher Educational Institutions. The study focused on six factors namely supervision arrangements factor, research skills factor, research work factor, institut...

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Main Authors: Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani, Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan, Ahmad, Rozila, Zainol Abidin, Azlan
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LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/22098/1/IJHSSE%202%201%202015%20256%20263.pdf
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https://www.arcjournals.org/international-journal-of-humanities-social-sciences-and-education/volume-2-issue-1
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spelling my.uum.repo.220982017-05-29T07:53:50Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/22098/ Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan Ahmad, Rozila Zainol Abidin, Azlan LB2300 Higher Education This study investigated the perceptions of PhD candidates on factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian Public Higher Educational Institutions. The study focused on six factors namely supervision arrangements factor, research skills factor, research work factor, institutional factor, motivational factor and de-motivational factor.320 PhD candidates from Universiti Utara Malaysia were selected as respondents.The data gained were then statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics analysis.The findings revealed that the PhD candidates perceived research skills factor as the most contributing factor to the timely completion of their study.Supervision arrangements factor was considered as the second factor contributing to the timely completion of their PhD, followed by motivational factor, demotivational factor and institutional factor. Eventually, the PhD candidates found that research work factor did not highly contribute to the timely completion of their PhD.The study significantly provides the institution specifically in the case of Malaysian Public Higher Educational Institutions with accurate factors which they need to consider in order to effectively planning and managing the postgraduate candidates for completing their PhD within the time frame. ARC Publications Pvt Ltd 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/22098/1/IJHSSE%202%201%202015%20256%20263.pdf Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani and Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan and Ahmad, Rozila and Zainol Abidin, Azlan (2015) Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions. International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE), 2 (1). pp. 256-263. ISSN 2349-0373 https://www.arcjournals.org/international-journal-of-humanities-social-sciences-and-education/volume-2-issue-1
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Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani
Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan
Ahmad, Rozila
Zainol Abidin, Azlan
Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions
description This study investigated the perceptions of PhD candidates on factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian Public Higher Educational Institutions. The study focused on six factors namely supervision arrangements factor, research skills factor, research work factor, institutional factor, motivational factor and de-motivational factor.320 PhD candidates from Universiti Utara Malaysia were selected as respondents.The data gained were then statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics analysis.The findings revealed that the PhD candidates perceived research skills factor as the most contributing factor to the timely completion of their study.Supervision arrangements factor was considered as the second factor contributing to the timely completion of their PhD, followed by motivational factor, demotivational factor and institutional factor. Eventually, the PhD candidates found that research work factor did not highly contribute to the timely completion of their PhD.The study significantly provides the institution specifically in the case of Malaysian Public Higher Educational Institutions with accurate factors which they need to consider in order to effectively planning and managing the postgraduate candidates for completing their PhD within the time frame.
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author Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani
Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan
Ahmad, Rozila
Zainol Abidin, Azlan
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Ramli, Kamal Izzuwan
Ahmad, Rozila
Zainol Abidin, Azlan
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title Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions
title_short Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions
title_full Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions
title_fullStr Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions
title_full_unstemmed Factors contributing to the timely completion of PhD at the Malaysian public higher educational institutions
title_sort factors contributing to the timely completion of phd at the malaysian public higher educational institutions
publisher ARC Publications Pvt Ltd
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url http://repo.uum.edu.my/22098/1/IJHSSE%202%201%202015%20256%20263.pdf
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