What's Your Type? An Examination of First-Year Doctoral Student Motivation

• Published in: Education for information Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 371 - 387
• Main Author: Hands, Africa S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOS Press 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Achievement Need; Aspiration; Career Development; Doctoral Degrees; Doctoral Students; Educational Attainment; Foreign Countries; Information Science; Learning Motivation; Library Education; Measures (Individuals); Scholarship; Self Management; Stimulation; Student Characteristics; Student Motivation; Value Judgment; Canada

Educators often ask how to motivate PhD students. Before addressing how to motivate students, we should know what motivates prospective doctoral students. Motivational support has been shown to lead to overall satisfaction with the educational process, better engagement, and persistence. Using the i...