Research Supervision Research Articles

Linking the trickle-down effect of supervisor incivility to turnover intentions in the context of SMEs: a serial mediation model

PurposeBased on conservation of resources theory and incivility spiral theory, this study examines the relationship between supervisor incivility and turnover intentions by investigating the mediating roles of co-worker incivility and emotional exhaustion.Design/methodology/approachA serial mediation model was empirically tested with a sample of 600 employees in Greek small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).FindingsResults indicate that supervisor incivility is linked to turnover intentions in three main ways. Directly, indirectly through emotional exhaustion, and indirectly through the serial mediation of co-worker incivility and emotional exhaustion.Research limitations/implicationsPossible limitations of the study include the sampling techniques and the self-reporting measures for data collection.Practical implicationsFindings attest that owners and managers of SMEs should take note of the trickle-down effect, namely that their own misbehavior will fuel co-worker incivility. Supervisor incivility has cumulative, deleterious consequences on employees, depleting their emotional resources and enhancing turnover intentions, and should therefore be restricted through appropriate practices.Originality/valueFew empirical studies have explored the effects of supervisor incivility on the incivility manifested by others and their impact on turnover intentions. The study enriches the trickle-down effect literature by identifying an additional indirect path linking supervisor incivility and turnover intentions. Further, this study took place in SMEs, a context with limited research in abusive supervision and incivility yet highly pertinent, given that SMEs informality might leave such behavior unchecked.

Work education and educational developments around sustainable livelihoods for sustainable career development and well-being

Covid-19, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Climate Change, have disrupted work education, rendering sustainability of careers and livelihoods a concern. This paper outlines a collaborative response to that challenge, offering opportunities for sustainable livelihoods in a work education cloud collaboration, Project SLiC (Sustainable Livelihoods Collaboration). We have joined forces across nation states in the Global South/North to share cloud resources, focused on teaching a postgraduate course, Sustainable Livelihoods. Online modules are stored in a secure cloud site, from which local courses draw-down, autochthonously, whichever resources fit workforce development in context. We outline modules, and an evaluative process, in a proof-of-concept trial. Finally, we envisage how this initial collaboration may morph into a whole degree, including research supervision. We close with a call to career development professionals to share their unique expertise and experiences at the work education frontline, on how to develop this sustainable careers project, for the greater good.

Preceptors’ experiences in guiding nursing students to use research findings and to implement evidence-based practice†

Abstract Objective Evidence-based practices (EBPs) have been taught to students by identifying the best evidence/evidence from research results. However, the experiences of Indonesian nurse preceptors in helping students implement research findings have not been explored thoroughly. This study aimed to explore Indonesian nurse preceptors in guiding nursing students to use research findings. Methods This study used interpretive phenomenology analysis that involves 9 nurse preceptors from hospitals in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were recorded and then transcribed verbatim. Results Three themes were generated during the analysis: “types of student supervision,” “issues during supervision,” and “the need for research literacy and supervision.” Conclusions Nurse preceptors need support to supervise the nursing students to use research findings. In addition to upgrading nursing skills, nurse preceptors must receive training in research and its utilization. Developing an appropriate strategy to assist students in using research findings will enhance the promotion of evidence-based nursing practices on a daily basis.

Exploring influences of supervision on psychotherapists’ professional development: correlates across career-level cohorts

ABSTRACT This exploratory study aims to extend and strengthen the empirical base for supervision as a facilitator of professional growth, as outlined in an established conceptual model, by exploring its correlates among psychotherapists across their entire professional career. Ratings of the impact of supervision by 6267 psychotherapists of different professions, theoretical orientations, and career levels in many countries who were currently in supervision were correlated, separately for each of five career cohorts, with aspects of their treatment experience, work situation, and personal characteristics. Large percentages of psychotherapists at all career levels, including senior psychotherapists, engaged in supervision and rated its impact on their development positively. Growth-facilitating supervision was associated broadly but moderately in all career cohorts mainly with interpersonal aspects of therapists’ treatment experience, with supportive work settings, and with caring and expressive personal characteristics. Some differential findings among cohorts also reflected potential developmentally based functions of supervision. The implications of results were considered both for supervisory practice, training and for future supervision research.

An Inquiry into Experiences of Supervisors and Supervisees in Conducting Research Supervision in Higher Education Institutions in Eswatini

An Inquiry into Experiences of Supervisors and Supervisees in Conducting Research Supervision in Higher Education Institutions in Eswatini

What does research-led teaching mean for music performance programs? Students and educators perspectives from Swedish higher music education

Higher music education (HME) institutions, globally, have increasingly been expected to incorporate research into teaching in music performance programs (MPPs). This feature of “musical academization” arguably conflicts with a longstanding focus on the development of practical playing skills as part of a music performance education. Whilst academic literature has outlined how to conduct research supervision in performance programs at universities, the question of how students and educators understand research-led teaching and implementation strategies is lacking. This article highlights challenges to implementing research-led teaching in HME, exploring how research and research-led teaching is understood and implemented in MPPs at a medium sized Swedish university. Drawing on 13 semi-structured interviews with students and educators across different MPPs, it asks: (1) how are research and research-led teaching conceptualized and understood amongst music performance students and educators? and (2) what do students and educators see as the potential of research-led teaching for MPPs specifically? The article divides research in music performance programs into three themes: research as a noun, research-competent educators, and student-centered artistic research. Through this, the article informs discussions relating to implementing research in HME and to demonstrate students and educators’ perspectives on the value of research-led teaching in music performance programs.

Unveiling the Employability Landscape: Chinese International Doctoral Students in Malaysian Universities

Malaysia has been actively striving to establish itself as an international education hub, and has successfully attracted a significant influx of Chinese international students pursuing their doctoral degrees. However, doubts persist regarding the quality of Malaysia’s higher education and the employability of its graduates, particularly when viewed through the lens of stakeholders in China’s labour market. This research sought to address these concerns by delving into the essential graduate attributes highly regarded by Chinese doctoral students enrolled in Malaysian universities and identifying aspects of Malaysian higher education that might influence students’ employability. Employing a qualitative approach, the research underscores the significance of various types of capital, with a considerable emphasis on human capital, encompassing academic qualifications, research competence, and English proficiency. Additionally, it sheds light on the pivotal role of quality research supervision, the availability of continuous training opportunities and psychological support within the programme, and the degree of collaboration between Malaysian universities and Chinese industry as factors critically impacting the participants’ perceived employability. These findings aim to offer essential guidance for educational institutions and policymakers in aligning academic programmes with the evolving demands of the global labour market.

Recording and researching doctoral supervision meetings: reconceptualising authenticity in supervision research

Purpose This paper contends that data generated by research on supervision are often taken as authentic data. Through an examination of studies that use audio/visual recordings to investigate supervision, the paper both promotes and problematises the recording of supervision meetings as a useful technique for doctoral supervision research. This paper aims to encourage a critical evaluation of methodological choices in research on supervision, and both promotes and problematises the practice of recording supervision meetings to enhance nuance in research on supervision practices. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews how prior studies have adopted different research methods to construct the space of supervision, and how the chosen methods have been justified. The paper draws on data from an empirical study which included interviews with supervisors in China, based on recordings of their supervision meetings. Findings Presenting a single case with one participant to explore the recording and interview process in detail, this study demonstrates how hearing the supervision meeting can present a multi-faceted picture of supervision practice. This multi-faceted picture underpins the alternative understanding of authentic data that this study unpacks. Originality/value Drawing on the tradition of poststructuralist critiques of traditional research methodology, this study is presented as a methodological paper, with a core aim of interrogating and problematising methodological decisions taken in studies of doctoral supervision. This study reviews research methods that were used in prior studies on supervision, investigating how the chosen methods were justified and how these methods affect the resultant construction of supervision.

Satisfaction and wellbeing of general surgery trainees in the Saudi Arabian residency educational environment: A mixed-methods study

BackgroundSurgical residency training is prominently demanding and stressful. This can affect the residents' wellbeing, work-life balance and increase the rates of burnout. We aimed to assess rates of satisfaction and burn-out among GS residents in the national training programs and provide a subsequent in-depth analysis of the potential reasons. MethodA sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was conducted using an online survey and virtual interviews. The validated abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory (aMBI) was used to assess burnout while satisfaction was assessed via 5-points Likert scale. ResultsAfter excluding incomplete responses from the total 74 received, 53 were analyzed. The average participant age was 27.4 ± 2 years, with females comprising 52 % of the sample. Junior residents made up 58.5 %, and nearly half −45 %- considered quitting GS training. Moderate to high burnout rates were noted on each aMBI subscale, ranging from 41.7 % to 62.5 %. The majority of residents expressed dissatisfaction with the level of research engagement (81.1 %), supervision, and mentorship. However, operative exposure was a source of satisfaction. Dissatisfaction rates with intra-operative learning, academia, teaching, and clinical exposure were 62.3 %, 52.8 %, 50.9 %, and 35.8 %, respectively. Interviews revealed surgical case flow and a friendly work environment as major satisfaction sources. Conversely, lack of academic supervision and suboptimal hands-on training were major dissatisfaction sources. ConclusionDissatisfaction and burn-out is prevalent among national GS training programs. Sub-optimal educational delivery and low-quality hands-on operative exposure -rather than lack of exposure to cases- seem to be the culprit.

Research‐informed counselling and psychotherapy: A training and accreditation agenda

AbstractTraining and accreditation standards play a critical role in the development of a research‐informed agenda. This commentary on Barkham et al. (Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 2024) discusses obstacles to fully integrating research into the training and standard agendas, and the potential role that the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) can play in helping to overcome such obstacles. Knowledge of research evidence is currently limited in training and accreditation standards for counselling and psychotherapy, and course tutors are often not familiar—or engaged—with research findings. In the development of professional standards (for instance, within SCoPEd), the BACP should work to ensure that research competencies are comprehensive, contemporary and explained in a granular manner. Further helpful developments might include an annual research‐oriented conference for trainers and clinical supervisors, a journal dedicated to disseminating research and good practice in training and clinical supervision and/or a training/clinical supervision research network to coordinate activities in these area. BACP events—across all elements of the profession—should strive to address issues of research awareness and participation, and the use of research to inform practice. Critically, across all of these possibilities, BACP's Research Department, alone, cannot be left to support moves to a research‐informed profession. Rather, an organisation‐wide initiative is needed in which appreciation of the research evidence is at the heart of all aspects of the Association's work.

Student‐generated metaphor in research supervision: An arts‐based method

AbstractPrevious research has highlighted the impact and importance of the use of client‐generated metaphor in psychotherapy (Cott, 2020). While researching this topic, we began to incorporate student‐generated metaphor into the research supervision process. This was found to enhance the supervision relationship, providing a quick and immediate insight into the supervisee's lived experience and pastoral needs at each stage of the research journey. This work developed into an arts‐based research supervision method, which reduced the power differential in the supervisory relationship, and made space for the supervisee to communicate their learning experience on their own terms. In this paper, we will set out the rationale for using student‐generated metaphor in research supervision and share further student feedback on this process, including future ideas for research and practice. We argue that theory and research on research supervision often neglect its pastoral component, and that providing excellent pastoral support to postgraduate researchers is key. The paper will conclude by making the case that the use of student‐generated metaphor in research supervision can be a simple and effective way to bring the supervisory relationship into focus.

Person‐centred research supervision: Facilitating encounter with researchers and enquiry

AbstractAimsDrawing upon Schmid's invitation to develop congruence in practice, training and research within the person‐centred approach, this study presents a theoretical model for counselling and psychotherapy research supervision. This is contextualised through the author's early‐career academic experiences, particularly a lack of training, literature or guidance in pedagogical frameworks underpinning research supervision for psychotherapists.MethodThis study conceptualises research supervision using person‐centred theories, in line with critical realist methodologies. Two case studies are presented in which person‐centred research supervision model is implemented.FindingsThemes emerged that corroborated the person‐centred research supervision model proposed and its underpinning literature, which had growthful and challenging dimensions. This highlighted the aspects of vulnerability in supervisory relationships, abdicating expertise as research supervisor and integral congruence between researcher and research project.ConclusionThese findings indicate there is merit in further research being conducted evaluating this person‐centred research supervision model, in order to further develop or challenge its efficacy in practice.

상담 동료 슈퍼비전에 대한 국외 연구 동향

To systematically examine international trends in peer supervision research in the field of counseling, this study analyzed 59 articles published in English in international journals between 1969 and December 2023. The results are summarized as follows. First, the topics of peer supervision research were identified in the following order: outcome studies, topic overviews, case studies, etc. Second, the research methods were qualitative, literature review, quantitative, and mixed methods. Third, in terms of research subjects, practicing counselors and school counselors accounted for 57.63% of all studies. Fourth, peer supervision was most often conducted once a week for 60 to 90 minutes over a period of 15 weeks or less. Finally, peer supervision outcome measures were categorized and presented. Based on the results of these analyses, directions and implications for future peer supervision research in Korea were suggested.

A Correlational Investigation into Master Thesis Supervisory Feedback through Online Learning Platforms: Moulay Ismail University Master Students as a Case Study

Many universities and other higher education institutions in Morocco are realizing that distance learning is an advantageous alternative for traditional education. Online research supervision has also been found to play a critical role in the process of conducting research. Research suggests that online supervisory feedback improves the process of research more than that taking place in face-to-face settings. However, many Moroccan university graduate students have encountered numerous challenges in adapting to online learning platforms and successfully receiving feedback on their research theses. The present study aims at investigating the interrelationship between master students’ thesis supervisory feedback through online learning platforms and their achievement. Data were collected from 30 university graduates at the school of Arts and Human Sciences in Meknes. We employed a cross-sectional survey to explore students’ attitudes towards different characteristics of supervisory feedback. We also measured their research achievement by analyzing their research thesis scores. The findings suggest that there is a significant relationship between students’ thesis supervisory feedback through online learning platforms and their achievement. However, the results also revealed that online research supervision can be limited when no technical instructions and trainings are provided to both the supervisor and supervisee. Our findings suggest some implications for both university research supervisors and the institutions. Supervisors need to engage more in online research supervision as it has been found to play a significant role in enhancing the quality of research. Technical support should be provided for both research supervisors and students to facilitate their engagement in the supervision and research processes.

Pelaksanaan Bundle Chateter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Ketepatan Indikasi Pemasangan dan Pelepasan Kateter Urine

This study aims to synthesize studies regarding the implementation of the CAUTI prevention bundle namely the accuracy of indications for installation and removal of urinary catheters. The method used is a systematic review by taking studies from four databases, namely Science Direct, SAGE, Pro Quest, and Scopus which were published in 2017-2022, and are in English. Selection uses PRISMA guidelines. The quality of the article is assessed using the critical appraisal instrument from JBI. There were 646 articles, but only 9 articles met the inclusion criteria. The results showed that in the implementation system, 5 studies used training for staff on accurate catheter placement, catheter care, or CAUTI prevention before or during the intervention. The instrument used is a form or sticker containing a reminder about the indication or removal of the catheter. Two studies used audit or feedback systems. Benefits in rate of insertion and duration of catheterization indicate a reduction in inappropriate catheter placement and a reduction in duration of catheter use. In compliance with the procedure, the accuracy of indications and urinary catheter removal showed increased compliance. And the CAUTI numbers show varying results. In conclusion, the bundle of indications for catheter insertion and removal can be applied and the results regarding implementation compliance are still limited. However, the effect on CAUTI rates needs to be compared with bundle interventions more fully. It could be considered research supervision and compliance with implementing the CAUTI bundle. Keywords: CAUTI bundle, CAUTI, Indications for urinary catheter installation, Urinary catheter removal, Infection prevention

Determinants of Job Satisfaction of Nurses In The Partition Room of Toto Kabila Regional Hospital

Nursing is professions that play an role important in maintenance efforts to guard quality service health at home Sick. Service nursing becomes a factor decider of success in service. Remember that the nurse is one of the sources of Power man important at home sick, expected nurses Work with professionals in running work, so produce work satisfaction. Satisfaction Work is what people feel to work or emotions that are natural on-the-spot work, comfort feelings experienced to work. The aim of this study for analyze factor determinant satisfaction Work nurses in the Inpatient ward of Toto Kabila Regional Hospital. The research design uses Analysis observational with approach cross-sectional. A study was done in the month of January 2024 to March 2024 for 125 respondents in nurses Inpatient room at Toto Kabila Hospital. Research results show factor compensation on job satisfaction nurse n value Sig. of 0.002 (< 0.05). Motivational factors on nursing job satisfaction and value Sig. of 0.000 (< 0.05). factor leadership on nurse job satisfaction value Sig. of 0.000 (< 0.05) factor communication on nurses ' job satisfaction and value Sig. of 0.000 (> 0.05). factor supervision of nurses' job satisfaction. Sig value. of 0.000 (> 0.05). So you can conclude that factor compensation, motivation, leadership, communication, and supervision are influential to satisfaction Work nurses in the inpatient ward of Toto Kabila Regional Hospital. Analysis Multivariate variable dominant influence satisfaction Work is variable communication and supervision i. The conclusions of this research state compensation, motivation, leadership, communication, and supervision have significant influence on satisfaction Work nurse in the room take care stay Toto Kabila Regional Hospital. Therefore, hospital management needs to make development efforts to increase nurse job satisfaction.

“Workplaces in the mind” as metaphor: advising industry managers doing doctoral research about organisational change management

PurposeThis study aims to reflect on “good practices” in doctoral research supervision and transfer the author’s experience to other academics. The author explains the sources of his approach to doctoral research supervision drawing on traditional practice in adult learning and some reference to phenomenology as a “meeting of minds” between academic and industry mindsets.Design/methodology/approachThis is a reflective paper condensing many years of practical experience advising industry managers doing doctoral research. It is not an empirical study as such but draws on extensive practitioner experience based on many successful PhD completions in the business and management domain.FindingsThere are no empirical findings as such, but ample practical experience of doctoral research process and outcomes over 40 years of supervision in both the UK and Australian Universities.Research limitations/implicationsGeneralisation is limited to the number of doctoral research completions (between 70 and 80).Practical implicationsThe paper concludes with indicators of what the author regards as “good practices” in doctoral research supervision.Social implicationsNone is directly applicable, but academe-industry working partnerships might be improved with the author’s learner- and customer-centred approach to doctoral research with adults in senior positions in the industry wanting to do research.Originality/valueThis paper is based entirely on the author’s own working experience as a senior academic in UK and Australian Universities.

How to get the most out of research supervision

How to get the most out of research supervision

The importance of diversity and inclusion within the research supervision relationship: The views of research students and supervisors

AbstractIntroductionResearch supervisors are uniquely positioned to recognise student abilities and needs. This mixed methods study explores how research supervision can support counselling, psychotherapy and counselling psychology doctoral students in their development of new knowledge, with diversity‐related opportunities and challenges in mind.MethodsGuided by ‘dialectical pragmatism’, we used a semi‐qualitative online survey, Reflective Online Practitioner Survey (ROPS; McBeath, 2020), with closed and open questions disseminated across learning institutes in the UK, Europe and North America.ResultsThe survey received 105 responses, with 45 coming from research supervisors and 60 from research students. Only a minority considered their own research supervision team to be diverse, and two‐thirds of respondents did not see matters relating to diversity and inclusion receiving sufficient emphasis in published research.ConclusionsBoth our quantitative and qualitative data addressed unequal representations in terms of gender and sexuality, ethnicity and heritage, (dis‐)ability and social class—several referring to a ‘history of domination by white, cis, non‐disabled male perspectives’. Many described ‘diversity being left out of research’ with consequences on the capacity to meet clients' need in clinical practice. As one said: ‘we need to decolonise the training material by critically analysing and situating knowledge and calling out missing voices’. Another stated: ‘If the research we conduct and draw on as practitioners cannot actively reckon with oppression within…we risk furthering the violence that marginalised clients, practitioners, and researchers face’. Support and training of supervisors to address diversity and power in research from the start of supervision were argued as essential, with both the supervisory relationship and innovative epistemological angles to knowledge and ‘reality’ in the field of mental health in mind.

Supporting the Biomedical Science UG Project Research Journey Through Staff-Student Partnerships.

Introduction: Developing research skills enhances graduate attributes and student employability. The UG research project is coined the pedagogy of the 21st century but the diversity of supervisory styles is a source of student perceived inequality of experience. The goal of this study was to provide structure and support to undergraduate (UG) biomedical science research students and supervisors by co-creating research informed resources that are accessible, engaging and student centred. We asked 1) How do UG students experience research supervision? 2) What approaches do supervisors use to support UG project students? 3) How do students as partners benefit from being involved in pedagogical research? Materials and Methods: In Stage One, 3 UG student research partners co-developed questionnaires and followed these up with semi-structured interviews. Fifty two UG project students took part in an interactive poll and 14 supervisors answered a questionnaire. Seven students and 4 supervisors were interviewed. These were analysed by thematic analysis. In Stage Two, the questions were asked of UG project students (n = 79) via an interactive poll and the resource developed in Stage One was trialled with students (n = 68) and supervisors (n = 37). Results: The global theme identified was that students feel strongly that the student-supervisor relationship influences their experience, satisfaction and success. In all polls, >90% of students but <60% of supervisors agree that a good student/supervisor partnership has an effect on the success of the final project. A smaller percentage of students felt strongly that they were able to develop a successful partnership with their supervisor. We co-created a visual model and a list of discussion points of how the student-supervisor partnership can be developed, aimed at making supervision more effective whilst being non-prescriptive. Discussion: The resource can be easily adapted. Students believe it helped them to develop a staff-student partnership and supervisors commented that it helps to clarify roles and manage student expectations. This scalable project will support the practice of future UG biomedical science project research students and supervisors. Working with students as partners enabled the development of richer ideas whilst supporting their employability.