Exploring Motivation and Satisfaction in Part-Time PhD Students

Autor/in	Turner, Heather
Titel	Exploring Motivation and Satisfaction in Part-Time PhD Students
Quelle	In: Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 14 (2023) 2, S.171-185 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1108/SGPE-12-2021-0088
Schlagwörter	Part Time Students; Doctoral Students; Student Motivation; Student Satisfaction; Self Determination; Personal Autonomy; Competence; Interpersonal Relationship; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Schulische Motivation; Selbstbestimmung; Individuelle Autonomie; Kompetenz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Purpose: This study aims to explore the motivation and satisfaction of part-time PhD students in the USA through the lens of self-determination theory (SDT). Design/methodology/approach: Following an explanatory sequential mixed methods design, data sources consisted of a survey (N = 100) and focus groups (N = 20) of part-time PhD students. Findings: Findings suggest that part-time PhD students achieve greater satisfaction when they are autonomously motivated. Part-time PhD student satisfaction may be increased through shifting motivation from an external to an internal locus of control, such as when doctoral work is framed within the context of solving practice-based problems. Facilitating this change requires those involved in the practice of research doctoral education to work toward satisfying students' innate needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness with others, yet many part-time PhD students describe experiences within their doctoral education that do not meet these needs. Implications for research and practice are presented. Originality/value: This paper tests the applicability of SDT, a widely used theory in doctoral studies, to part-time PhD students, an understudied student population in the USA. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01