PhD graduates’ appraisals of work demands: challenging, hindering, and not very threatening

Bran, Alexandre; Lopes, Nei Fernandes; Lafon, Matthieu

doi:10.1080/03075079.2023.2244963

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“…In recent years, with the continuous expansion of doctoral enrolment, doctoral students are facing increased academic and employment competition, where "no publication means elimination" (Horta and Li, 2022). Challenge research stressors, such as time constraints, substantial responsibilities, heavy research workloads, and research complexity, prevail in the doctoral research environment (Mccauley and Hinojosa, 2020;Acharya et al, 2023;Bran et al, 2023). Especially with the increasing expectations of the country on the quality of doctoral education, various institutions have raised the bar for the research and innovative abilities of doctoral students.…”

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The influence of challenge research stressors on research creativity among Chinese doctoral students: a mediated moderation model

Liu,

Wu,

Gao

2023

Front. Psychol.

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The research creativity of doctoral students is not solely fueled by their intrinsic motivation, but also thrives in an environment that offers challenging research opportunities, substantial support, and feedback from significant others. Based on the job demands-resources model, this study aims to explore the impact of challenge research stressors on the research creativity of Chinese doctoral students. A mediated moderation model was constructed to examine the mediating effect of achievement motivation and the moderating effect of supervisor developmental feedback on the relationship between challenge research stressors and research creativity. A total of 538 valid questionnaires were collected from doctoral students using convenience sampling and snowball sampling. The questionnaires included the Challenge Research Stressors Scale, the Research Creativity Scale, the Achievement Motivation Scale, and the Supervisor Developmental Feedback Scale. Regression analyses, bootstrap testing, and simple slope analyses were used to estimate the various relationships. The findings indicated that challenge research stressors had a positive effect on doctoral students’ research creativity. Supervisor developmental feedback positively moderated the impact of challenge research stressors on the achievement motivation and research creativity of doctoral students. Achievement motivation partially mediated the influence of challenge research stressors on doctoral students’ research creativity, and further fully mediated the interaction effect of challenge research stressors and supervisor developmental feedback on doctoral students’ research creativity. These findings contribute not only to our understanding of the mechanisms and boundary conditions through which challenge research stressors impact the research creativity of doctoral students, but also provide valuable insights into how to stimulate and maintain their research creativity.

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The influence of challenge research stressors on research creativity among Chinese doctoral students: a mediated moderation model

Liu,

Wu,

Gao

2023

Front. Psychol.

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The capital for students' academic success in a PhD journey: the HERO within

Jaffu,

Ndiango,

Elias

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JARHE

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PurposeThis study aimed to examine the influence of psychological capital on the students' academic success in a PhD journey in Tanzania.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional survey design was used and data were collected through structured questionnaires from 200 PhD students in Tanzania. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the measurement model. The hypotheses were empirically tested using structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThe findings affirm that psychological capital in terms of hope, self-efficacy, resilience and optimism are significant predictors of students' academic success in a PhD journey.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this paper is among the first to comprehensively examine the influence of psychological capital on students' academic success in PhD studies. Previous studies have primarily focused on the undergraduate level. Additionally, this study extends the applicability of conservation of resource (COR) theory to the context of PhD students, demonstrating that psychological capital serves as a crucial resource for them to achieve success in their PhD studies.

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Advances and New Perspectives in Higher Education Quality

2024

Frontiers Research Topics

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PhD graduates’ appraisals of work demands: challenging, hindering, and not very threatening

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The influence of challenge research stressors on research creativity among Chinese doctoral students: a mediated moderation model

The influence of challenge research stressors on research creativity among Chinese doctoral students: a mediated moderation model

The capital for students' academic success in a PhD journey: the HERO within

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