Supervising the PhD: identifying common mismatches in expectations between candidate and supervisor to improve research training outcomes
Supervising the PhD: identifying common mismatches in expectations between candidate and supervisor to improve research training outcomes
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DOI：
10.1080/07294360.2021.1874887
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发表时间：
2021-01-28
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Richardson, Mark F.
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作者：
Cardilini, Adam P. A.;Risely, Alice;Richardson, Mark F.
博士生和导师之间的关系影响着博士生的成功完成，有助于保持博士生的满意度和心理健康。我们量化了博士候选人和导师的期望之间的潜在不匹配，作为一种潜在的机制，促进了不良的候选人的经验和研究培训成果的基础上，定量调查，其中包括排名顺序和李克特的反应。澳大利亚的114名博士候选人和52名导师在候选人开始和结束时对学生属性和成果的重要性进行了排名。关于具体的特点，主管指出了他们希望给予候选人的指导水平，候选人指出了他们希望得到的指导水平。候选人还报告了候选资格的不同方面是否影响了他们的心理健康。运用等级相关和多元回归统计分析，我们发现考生和导师对导师教学责任感的感知以及考生对心理健康的影响存在差异。结果表明，大多数候选人对他们的监督总体上感到满意，并发现双方之间的许多期望是一致的。然而，候选人往往比主管对实现量化成果的期望要高得多。主管认为他们给候选人的指导比候选人认为他们收到的更多，而且主管通常只在候选人明确要求时才提供指导。个人期望和研究进展显着和负面影响超过50%的候选人的心理健康。我们的研究结果突出了候选人和主管明确沟通的责任和期望，他们在帮助候选人发展研究技能的作用的重要性。我们向主管提供了四项建议，这些建议可能对加强沟通、避免潜在冲突和促进候选人的成功和福祉特别有效。
The relationship between PhD candidate and supervisor influences successful candidate completion and helps maintain candidate satisfaction and mental health. We quantified potential mismatches between the PhD candidates' and supervisors' expectations as a potential mechanism that facilitates poor candidate experiences and research training outcomes based on a quantitative survey which including rank order and Likert responses. 114 PhD candidates and 52 supervisors in Australia ranked the importance of student attributes and outcomes at the beginning and end of candidature. In relation to specific attributes, supervisors indicated the level of guidance they expected to give the candidate, and candidates indicated the level of guidance they expected to receive. Candidates also report on whether different aspects of candidature influenced their mental well-being. Using rank correlation and multivariate regression statistics, we identified differences between candidates' and supervisors' perceived supervisor teaching responsibility and candidatures influence on mental well-being. Results indicate the majority of candidates were satisfied overall with their supervision, and find alignment of many expectations between both parties. Yet, candidates tended to have much higher expectations about achieving quantitative outcomes than supervisors. Supervisors believed they give more guidance to candidates than candidates perceive they received, and supervisors often only provided guidance when the candidate explicitly asked. Personal expectations and research progress significantly and negatively influenced over 50% of candidates' mental well-being. Our results highlight the importance of candidates and supervisors explicitly communicating the responsibilities and expectations of the roles they play in helping candidates develop research skills. We provide four suggestions to supervisors that may be particularly effective at increasing communication, avoiding potential conflict and promoting candidate success and well-being.