Why am I Doing My Thesis? An Explorative Study on Factors of Undergraduate Thesis Performance in Indonesia

Writing an undergraduate thesis is a formidable task, especially in Indonesia where writing not engrained its culture. Therefore, this study aims to explore the internal and external factors thesis. A qualitative research design was used. Phase 1 used online questionnaire ( n = 143) find encouraging obstructing factors. 2 in-depth interview 48) validate findings from 1. general inductive approach analyze data. 1’s were students’ perceptions about categories of more driven by (e.g.deadlines, others' expectations) than Neglect thesis, however, caused (e.g. lack knowledge skills, doing other activities). 2’s validated phase which consist 11 8 Keywords : Undergraduate performance, research,   writing university students, exploratory