ABSTRACT

Students working toward a doctoral degree have traditionally been required to maintain a residency requirement and receive mentorship from an advisor. Over time, technological advancements have led to more students receiving mentorship through remote means such as e-mail and other electronic forms of communication. The role mentorship plays in developing doctoral students can be assumed to be important; however, little research examines what role mentorship might have on the long-term success of the student’s scholarly productivity later in his or her academic career. This study used a quantitative approach through an online survey to find whether faculty productivity was influenced by different mentorship factors. This study found that graduate students who are engaged with their mentor on multiple projects during their doctoral degrees are more likely to be productive faculty members and graduate students who communicate with their mentor more often were more likely to be productive scholars. This study also found that higher scholarly productivity was found with graduates who obtained a face-to-face terminal degree versus graduates who obtained a blended or fully online degree. The authors recommend that graduate student mentors should find ways to involve graduate students in meaningful and purposeful projects that have clear connections to facets of research in online formats. Findings are unique by examining faculty perceptions of mentorship during graduate training measured against current faculty productivity adding value to the research community by noting areas where graduate student mentors might be most likely to influence the long-term success of their advisees.

摘要

传统上，攻读博士学位的学生必须保持居住要求并接受顾问的指导。随着时间的推移，技术进步导致更多学生通过电子邮件和其他电子通信形式等远程方式接受指导。可以假设导师在培养博士生中的作用很重要；然而，很少有研究探讨指导对学生在其学术生涯后期的学术生产力的长期成功可能起到什么作用。本研究通过在线调查使用定量方法来确定教师生产力是否受到不同导师因素的影响。这项研究发现，在攻读博士学位期间与导师参与多个项目的研究生更有可能成为富有成效的教职员工，而与导师交流更频繁的研究生更有可能成为富有成效的学者。这项研究还发现，与获得混合或完全在线学位的毕业生相比，获得面对面终端学位的毕业生的学术生产力更高。作者建议研究生导师应该想办法让研究生参与有意义和有目的的项目，这些项目与在线格式的研究方面有明确的联系。