A Study on personal career growth and postgraduate enrollment with scholarship a ward as the modera ting effect: experiences in Universiti Sains Malaysia
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2010
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Rahim, Norizan (Baba)
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Abstract
This research study was mainly focus on. the relationship between academic
achievement, financial capacity and working experience with postgraduate enrollment and
scholarship awards provided by Institute of Graduate Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia as the
moderating effect. It is about to examine which dimension of the personal career growth has
the highest weightage towards the postgraduate enrollment and does the scholarship award
give any significant as the moderating effect. The current practice of eligibility to entitle for
scholarships is much dependent upon on academic performance and mode of studies by
research. Academic achievement has become the first dimension for the postgraduate
enrollment in USM followed by working experience dimension as secondary factor, where else
IPS does not look at financial capacity dimension.
For .the purposes of this study it is important for IPS to plan and give an equal weightage
requirement to both academic achievement and working experience dimensions for
postgraduate enrollment, where students do not have sufficient financial capacity, a scholarship
awards should be considered. Currently IPS-USM is only prioritizing on academic
achievement dimension followed by working experience dimension as secondary factor for
postgraduate enrollment, where else IPS does not look at financial capacity dimension.
Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate whether academic achievement, working
experience and financial capacity has a positive significant influence on the postgraduate
enrollment. In addition to that, scholarship award is used as a moderating effect in this
relationship.
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Enrollment with scholarship , Moderating effect