Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-30-2015
Abstract
The non-completion of doctoral degrees has been a concern due to its economic, social, and personal consequences. In the current study, the researchers investigated perceived barriers of select doctoral students in completing their doctoral degrees by utilizing a fully mixed sequential mixed research design. The quantitative and qualitative data were concurrently collected using identical samples (n = 205) via a Reading Interest Survey questionnaire. A sequential mixed analysis revealed 6 emergent themes: external obligations (36%), challenges to doctoral-level researchers (34%), practical/logistical constraints (23%), emotional concerns (15%), program structure (9%), and support for completion (8%). Also, 3 meta-themes were identified (i.e., dissociation, external/internal barriers, and institutional/personal barriers), which aided in explaining the relationships among the 6 primary themes. Implications of the findings are discussed.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jei.v1i1.7703
Repository Citation
Hwang, Eunjin; Smith, Rachel N.; Byers, Valerie Tharp; Dickerson, Shirley H.; McAlistar-Shields, Leah; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; and Benge, Cindy, "Doctoral Students’ Perceived Barriers that Slow the Progress toward Completing a Doctoral Dissertation: A Mixed Analysis" (2015). Library Faculty and Staff Publications. 18.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/libfacpub/18
Comments
Macrothink Institute, www.macrothink.org/jei
Journal of Educational Issues 2015, Vol. 1, No. 1 p.164 - 190
ISSN 2377-2263