A Path Analysis of Cambodian Faculty’s Research Intention: Focusing on Direct and Mediating Effects at Individual Level

Eam, Phyrom; Seng, Cheyvuth

doi:10.17583/rise.2017.2777

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“…Actual research execution (either in the industry sector or within the academe), which can lead to increased research self-efficacy and ability, were not given sufficient attention in this course. Research opportunities should be introduced and reinforced into the university culture (Eam & Seng 2017).…”

Section: Low Research Self-efficacy and Curriculum Perspectivementioning

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Research Self-Efficacy of Cambodian Undergraduate Students at Province-Based Universities

Seng

Carlon

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2020

RISE

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Self-efficacy is crucial for producing challenging research results, which in turn may lead to innovations and development that can accelerate a country's economy. Undergraduate research self-efficacy in Cambodia has been of particular interest because graduates form the future pipeline of research professionals, which is important for Cambodia since its economy is still at a developing stage. While several studies have been conducted on undergraduate research self-efficacy in Cambodia, most of the participants were from capital city-based universities. The research self-efficacy of province-based university students, whose numbers have increased in recent years, remains to be investigated. In this study, we address this gap by adapting the Research Self-Efficacy Survey by Phillips and Russell (1994) and administered it to 1,009 undergraduate students from different faculties at three public province-based universities in Cambodia in order to assess their research self-efficacy. Using independent t‑tests and ANOVA, the mean research self‑efficacy score was 2.13 (± .66) on a 5 point-scale and varies significantly with small effect size based upon gender, academic year, and working experience. There is a need to focus on interventions aimed at improving the research self-efficacy of the undergraduate students, which in turn will increase their ability to do research. These include measures such as curriculum reform, improving the quality of teaching, teacher training, creating new educational materials, and upgrading research facilities. These will allow more research activities that can give the students opportunities to do research and eventually increase their research self-efficacy which is likely to benefit Cambodian society in the provinces. Although the issues presented here may appear to be isolated to Cambodia, other developing nations should also consider these issues as they develop higher educational institutions in their provinces away from their capital city.

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Section: Low Research Self-efficacy and Curriculum Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Research Self-Efficacy of Cambodian Undergraduate Students at Province-Based Universities

Seng

Carlon

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2020

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“…According to research on Cambodian faculty's research intention conducted by Eam and Seng (2017), the level of wanting to undertake research may define the relationship between skills and knowledge of research and level of the intention of an individual to deal with future research activities. Thus, first and foremost, the faculty should be encouraged to increase their research participation.…”

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Short-Term Information Technology Training Impact on Research Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Students at Provincial Cambodian Universities

Seng

Carlon

Cross

2020

IJLD

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This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of research self-efficacy short-term information technology (IT) skills training intervention administered to 3rd year and 4th year undergraduate students at three provincial Cambodian universities. The training intervention was conducted at the universities' computer centers where the internet could be accessed. The training lasted three weeks for 60 hours in total and covered topics such as using statistical analysis software, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and referencing software. The participants were 461 undergraduate students at universities during the 2018 academic year. The survey method used for this study was based on the “Research Self-Efficacy Scale” by Phillips and Russell (1994), which was administered before and after the training. The research used descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the participants’ research self-efficacy perceptions increased after conducting the intervention. The results showed that there was a significant increase in mean score after intervention based upon a 5-point scale from 2.10 (SD = 0.68) before the intervention to 3.57 (SD = 0.54) afterward. These findings suggest that IT training intervention is beneficial for undergraduate students at provincial universities in Cambodia resulting in an improvement in research self-efficacy.

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Research Capability of Chinese Scholars: Structural Exploration and Validation of a New Scale

Han,

Dou,

et al. 2024

Asia-Pacific Edu Res

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A Path Analysis of Cambodian Faculty’s Research Intention: Focusing on Direct and Mediating Effects at Individual Level

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Research Self-Efficacy of Cambodian Undergraduate Students at Province-Based Universities

Research Self-Efficacy of Cambodian Undergraduate Students at Province-Based Universities

Short-Term Information Technology Training Impact on Research Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Students at Provincial Cambodian Universities

Research Capability of Chinese Scholars: Structural Exploration and Validation of a New Scale

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