“Split into few paragraphs”
“Incomplete sentences”
“No writing flow”
“Rephrase sentences”
(Basic academic writing knowledge)
***
“Add views”
“Where’s your own discussions?”
(Developing my voice as
the academic writer)
***
“Focus the necessary resources of RBV theory that apply in this
study”
(Writing smart)
***
“Previous literature examine this IV as first-order or
second-order constructs?
“Where are the discussions to develop this hypothesis?”
“Discuss how IV relate to DV”
“Discussion should include the IV’s dimensions”
(Predicting variables’ relationships)
***
“Employees level of IVs discussions are not suitable”
“Focus on the organizational level perspective”
(Figuring my research is organizational level unit of
analysis)
***
“Page 15-33 reads like a textbook. Please relate with the
construction industry to make your work more relevant”.
“If possible give examples relate to your study”
(Learning critical thinking)
***
“How you draw the sample
from population?”
“How about sample size?”
“What do you mean by contractors? Are they sub-contractors or main
contractors?"
“Who is your target respondent? Who are going to answer your
questionnaires?”
“So, how many sets of questionnaire you plan to distribute?”
“What’s your sampling technique?”
(Methodology part navigates my research directions)
***
“Where’s is your variables’ operational definitions?
“Cite the authors in the variables’ operational definitions”
“The measurements you adapt from whom?”
(Quantitative research relies on measurements/instruments)
***
“Table must fit in one page”
“Allocate space for each paragraph in the table”
“The title of the table must be clear and precise”
(The tips on the use of tables to report the findings)
***
“Your item loadings, AVE and CR are incorrect as your variables
have dimensions”
“It’s so obvious when your HTMT results pretty high”
(Constructs has two types: uni-dimension and
multi-dimensions. Each has different ways of analysis)
***
“Recap the study findings in Chapter 5”
“Using other words in research objectives to show
differentiation”
(Supervisors compromise with each other)
***
“Explain the findings first and justify it later”
(The way of journals deliver their discussion section can’t
replicate into UUM thesis)
***
“You need to stress why study corporate environmental
citizenship is important since it is the main gap”
(Referring the current state and desired state of the corporate
environmental citizenship helps to identify the corporate environmental
citizenship gap)
#Current state=managerial issues
#Desired state=practical issues
***
“You have the issues and supported evidences, just a matter of
reorganized your chapter 1 to focus your main gap follow by study setting and
variables with justification”
(It’s important to present ideas and thoughts in words to the
readers)
***
“Section 3.5.1 doesn’t provide operational definition for
corporate environmental citizenship. It only indicates corporate environmental
citizenship dimensions operational definitions”
“What is the operational definition of organizational ethical
climate? Table 3.3 provides the operational definitions for the dimensions of
organizational ethical climate.”
(Examiner not pays attention on my study variables)
***
“It would be beneficial to show the original and modified
questionnaire items”
“Indicate range of cronbach alpha for page 67-73”
“The relationship between ethical climate and corporate
environmental citizenship is insignificant. Why you still perform mediation
test?
(Examiners strengthen and improve research understanding and
skills)
***
“I’m busy at the moment, will give feedback later. The later
refers months and months”
“I away from the campus,
if anything you just deal with co-supervisor”
“Contribute a paper for me.”
(Accepting supervisors career-obsessed and selfish characteristics)
_ _ _ _
Jotting down some reflections to remember my PhD journey-up,
downs and tremendous growth.
3/4/18: PhD thesis in hard bound copies and how I relieved to hand over
the culmination of three years works to the office, library and supervisors.
