Relationship between supervisor roles and self regulation among postgraduate students in Faculty of Management, UTM

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the relationship between supervisors’ roles and self-regulatory among postgraduate students in Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Other than that, other objectives in this study are to determine the level of supervisor roles and the level of self-regulatory among postgraduate students. A total of 123 postgraduate students from Faculty of Management were selected as respondents for this study. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Descriptive data analysis done by finding the mean, frequency, percentage and standard deviation while inferential data analysis done by using Pearson’s correlation in measuring the relationship between two variables in this study. The findings indicate that the supervisor roles at higher level while the self-regulatory among postgraduate students at moderate level. Meanwhile, the correlation value is 0.182 and significant value 0.044 showed that the relationship between supervisor roles and self-regulatory among postgraduate students was low. Lastly, the researcher suggested several recommendations for future research’s improvement.