This paper reports on an investigation of mechanisms that assist Information Systems post-graduate research students to focus their projects. An evaluation is presented of the experiences of Information Systems research students in focussing their research projects based on a survey conducted of students who participated in two of the first three Information Systems doctoral consortia to be hel...

The nursing discipline is currently witnessing an intriguing paradox. There is an international shortage of practicing nurses and nursing faculty. At the same time developments in nursing, involving advanced practice roles, graduate level education, and the significant knowledge development through research, is at its earnest. Needless to say that such developments vary substantially among coun...

This past year I had the pleasure of developing a grant proposal entitled, " The Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Post-Doctoral Residency Program. " The concept entails establishing a national network of post-doctoral training positions in undergraduate neuroscience programs. The residents and the training sites would be selected through competitive applications. Regardless of whether the...

Effective writing is an essential skill for all doctoral students, yet it is one that receives relatively little attention in training and supervision. This article explores extensive feedback from participants in a series of workshops for doctoral candidates engaged with writing up qualitative data. The themes arising from the data analysis are discussed in terms of the affective domain of wri...

To be an effective mentor at any level is always a challenge and requires a dedication to teaching and mentorship and being prepared to devote a significant proportion of one's time. But if you are open-minded and deeply care for your mentee, you have the opportunity to be a successful mentor. This presentation is based on personal experience of mentoring radiology residents, doctoral students,...

We investigate whether biased beliefs play a role in the persistent demand for postdoctoral training science. elicit and career preferences of doctoral students at 56 U.S. chemistry departments through survey combined with field experiment, which we randomize provision information to subset respondents on historical academic placements by department. first show that have excessively optimistic ...

The research training environment (RTE) is an important factor for enhancing doctoral students’ intentions (RI). This study aims to develop and validate the casual relationship model of RTE RI, mediated by self-efficacy (RSE) engagement (RE), examine differential effects in years 1-3 program. sample consisted 246 students their program, with respondents randomly selected from 13 universities Th...