Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ453158
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-9459
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Motivational Factors Related to Decision on Pursuing Graduate Study.
Smith, Harry A.; And Others
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, v56 n3 p229-41 Fall 1992
A survey of 357 newly graduated pharmacists and 270 graduate pharmacy students showed economic motives were more often indicated by the former and intrinsic job attributes more frequently cited by the latter as reasons for deciding whether or not to pursue graduate study. A subsample study allowed development of student profiles. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Economic Factors, Graduate Study, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Income, Job Satisfaction, Pharmaceutical Education, Professional Education, Profiles, Salary Wage Differentials, Student Characteristics, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation, Work Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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