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The Factors influencing on students’ choice of undergraduate research project

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dc.contributor.author Sellahewa, WN
dc.contributor.author Samarasinghe, TD
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-07T06:14:06Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-07T06:14:06Z
dc.date.issued 2021-12-03
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/16858
dc.description.abstract The purpose of the current study is to investigate the factors influencing on Students’ choice of the undergraduate research project in Sri Lanka. The main objective of the present study is to identify the factors influencing on Students’ choice of the undergraduate research project in Sri Lanka. This study has adopted a qualitative research strategy and convenience sampling method is used to select students from each university. Accordingly, 34 students contributed to this study. Primary data were collected using focus group discussions followed by a structured questionnaire. The first phase of this study was conducted in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (USJ), a sample representing USJ. After that, the same research was expanded island wide covering all the state sector universities in Sri Lanka to fill the research gap which was realized in the same study. To ensure reliability, the current study has followed a different research methodology than the previous study. The findings of this study show that influencing on Students’ choice of the undergraduate research project in Sri Lanka self-efficacy, future ambition on career, consciousness, proficiency in English, ability to manage the time and the availability of resources and issues with mentoring. The results were almost the same as what the researchers derived previously attached to the case study conducted at USJ. Some implications for the decision-making bodies to improve the research choice among undergraduate students have also been proposed by the current study. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Business Research Unit (BRU)
dc.subject research en_US
dc.subject mentoring en_US
dc.subject self-efficacy en_US
dc.subject undergraduates en_US
dc.title The Factors influencing on students’ choice of undergraduate research project en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Business en_US
dc.identifier.department Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.department Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.year 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.conference International Conference on Business Research en_US
dc.identifier.place Moratuwa en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 137-142 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding 4th International Conference on Business Research - ICBR 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.email researchassistwns@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email researchassisttds@gmail.com en_US


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