Supervisor Conscientiousness and Professional Identity for Graduate Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

Supervisor Conscientiousness and Professional Identity for Graduate Students: A Moderated Mediation Model | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Supervisor Conscientiousness and Professional Identity for Graduate Students: A Moderated Mediation Model Xiaoyuan Chu*, Alafate Litifu*, Zhaoyi Zhu, Qing Tan, Shihao Ma, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7555642/v2 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 2 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Show more versions Abstract This study examined how supervisor conscientiousness is associated with graduate students’ professional identity by considering the mediating role of perceived supervisor–student relationship quality and the moderating role of student extroversion. A survey of 450 graduate students assessed supervisor conscientiousness, perceived supervisor–student relationship quality, professional identity, and extroversion, and a moderated mediation model was tested using regression-based analyses. Results showed that supervisor conscientiousness was positively associated with graduate students’ professional identity. Perceived supervisor–student relationship quality mediated this association. In addition, student extroversion moderated the link between supervisor conscientiousness and perceived relationship quality, with the positive association being stronger among students low in extroversion. These findings underscore the potential relevance of supervisor conscientiousness and perceived supervisor–student relationship quality to graduate students’ professional identity, and indicate that less extroverted students may perceive lower relationship quality when paired with less conscientious supervisors. Educational Psychology professional identity supervisor conscientiousness perceived supervisor-student relationship quality extroversion graduate students Full Text Additional Declarations X.C. and A.L. share first authorship. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 2 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Show more versions Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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