Abstract:The number of students enrolling in postgraduate by research degrees has seen a large increase in recent years, a trend which is evident globally as well as within Australia. However, the rate at which PhD students are dropping out has also increased, indicating that students are not receiving adequate resources to support them throughout their candidature. We highlight that mentoring programs are effective in addressing inequality between PhD students, and describe a program that we have recently launched at … Show more
“…Supervision is a necessary support activity, and should be transparent as well as realistic in providing feedback regarding all prospects. In addition to their guidance, supervisors should be able to provide social and psychological support during emotionally difficult periods [7]. Missing sufficient support from such roles can negatively impact juniors' development.…”
Section: Rq 3 : Juniors and Collaborationmentioning
Academic research, by its nature, is notorious for being a challenging and demanding field. However, these challenges may become more complicated for certain groups of researchers rather than others. For instance, junior researchers who make up a large group of the current scientific community, particularly in the computer science domain, may face various types of impediments. A notable hindrance to realizing the impediments is the difficulty of precisely delineating them. In this paper, we report an empirical investigation to measure the level of awareness of any kind of obstacles that might hinder junior researchers' publishing ability and disturb their involvement. For this purpose, we conducted a survey targeting active researchers from the Software Engineering field with a total of 52 respondents. We mainly focus on two types of aspects: peer reviewing models and collaboration. Our findings indicate that junior researchers seem to be more comfortable with double-blind reviewing models with more than half (approximately 67.2%) of them voting in favor of this model. The results also show a significant agreement that a lack of experience especially in academic writing and supervision problems constitute the most influential barriers to publishing. Our findings can help understand the needs of junior researchers and provide insights into our research community and its specific groups.
“…Supervision is a necessary support activity, and should be transparent as well as realistic in providing feedback regarding all prospects. In addition to their guidance, supervisors should be able to provide social and psychological support during emotionally difficult periods [7]. Missing sufficient support from such roles can negatively impact juniors' development.…”
Section: Rq 3 : Juniors and Collaborationmentioning
Academic research, by its nature, is notorious for being a challenging and demanding field. However, these challenges may become more complicated for certain groups of researchers rather than others. For instance, junior researchers who make up a large group of the current scientific community, particularly in the computer science domain, may face various types of impediments. A notable hindrance to realizing the impediments is the difficulty of precisely delineating them. In this paper, we report an empirical investigation to measure the level of awareness of any kind of obstacles that might hinder junior researchers' publishing ability and disturb their involvement. For this purpose, we conducted a survey targeting active researchers from the Software Engineering field with a total of 52 respondents. We mainly focus on two types of aspects: peer reviewing models and collaboration. Our findings indicate that junior researchers seem to be more comfortable with double-blind reviewing models with more than half (approximately 67.2%) of them voting in favor of this model. The results also show a significant agreement that a lack of experience especially in academic writing and supervision problems constitute the most influential barriers to publishing. Our findings can help understand the needs of junior researchers and provide insights into our research community and its specific groups.
The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of mentoring in the event industry. The industry is developing at an active pace and does not stand still. Continuous training and updating of competencies is required not only for novice specialists, but also for established and experienced event managers. The methodological basis of the research includes the theoretical provisions of event management, as well as models and tools that take into account the specifics of mentoring in the event business. The goal is to study the theoretical foundations of the mentoring phenomenon, as well as to identify factors that influence the construction and development of a mentoring system in the event industry. Material and methods. The research materials were articles, books by foreign and domestic scientists in the field of research of mentoring activities in the event sphere. In the course of the research, universal methods of cognition were used: systemic, dialectical, structural and functional, analysis and synthesis.The empirical base of the study was formed using the survey data. This article will be of interest to researchers in the field of event management, stakeholders of the event industry and students studying in this field of training. The novelty of the research is due to the fact that the topic of mentoring in the event industry is a fairly new and relevant topic for research. Currently, mentoring is not just working with employees and recommending books for reading — it is a full—fledged process for transferring accumulated experience, knowledge and modern competencies. The results of the study can serve as a basis for the formation of corporate mentoring programs in event agencies, which will contribute to the disclosure of the personal, creative, professional potential of each employee. This article will be of interest to researchers in the field of event management, stakeholders of the event industry and students studying in this field of training.
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