Laissez-Faire or Guidance? Effective Supervision of Bachelor Theses

Autor/inn/en	Strebel, Felix; Gürtler, Stefan; Hulliger, Beat; Lindeque, Johan
Titel	Laissez-Faire or Guidance? Effective Supervision of Bachelor Theses
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 4, S.866-884 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Strebel, Felix) ORCID (Gürtler, Stefan) ORCID (Hulliger, Beat) ORCID (Lindeque, Johan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1659762
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Theses; Supervision; Business Schools; Grades (Scholastic); Personal Autonomy; Student Projects; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Teacher Student Relationship; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? These; Notenspiegel; Individuelle Autonomie; Schulprojekt; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Fakultät; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Schweiz
Abstract	Bachelor thesis supervision involves a supporting goal and an assessment goal, requiring more guidance versus more autonomy and freedom for students, respectively. This paper tests the hypotheses that the final grade of undergraduate bachelor thesis is positively related to a supervisor's (a) guidance given to and (b) affiliation with the bachelor thesis student/project. To assess these hypotheses, undergraduate students at the FHNW School of Business have been surveyed for three years about their perception and satisfaction with bachelor thesis supervision. This data (n = 189) was combined with student grades before the thesis and their final thesis grades. Our results show supervision to have a measurable impact on the bachelor thesis outcome and most effective when focused on guidance related to goal definition and methodological support. In other areas supervision can, to a certain degree, follow a more laissez-faire supervision style. [Image omitted.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01