Ebadi Saman, Bashiri Saba
Faculty of Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Front Psychol. 2021 Nov 25;12:800715. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.800715. eCollection 2021.
This study aimed to investigate the reflections of Iranian students on Ph.D. entrance exam interviews held virtually nationwide during the Pandemic. Two hundred thirty-one Ph.D. applicants were invited to fill out an anonymous online survey designed in Google Forms, 36 out of whom volunteered to participate in follow-up semi-structured interviews. Two ANOVA measures were used to investigate the possible influences of gender and prior virtual interview experience on the applicants' perceptions. Thematic analysis was also adopted to explore the participants' attitudes and perceptions toward virtual interviews (VI). Quantitative findings showed that Iranian Ph.D. applicants perceived VI as a flexible and helpful procedure that provided them with satisfactory interpersonal treatment. Still, they did not favor the procedure's perceived behavioral control and ability to communicate information to perform procedural justice. Moreover, neither their gender nor their prior experience of the virtual interview was a predictor of their perspectives' discrepancies. The thematic analysis of the qualitative data revealed that despite having some cognitive, personal, and financial benefits, VI posed some technical, communicative, and personal challenges. This study provides implications for universities and applicants who will use VI for different purposes in higher education.
本研究旨在调查伊朗学生对疫情期间在全国范围内举行的博士入学考试线上面试的看法。231名博士申请者受邀填写一份在谷歌表单中设计的匿名在线调查问卷，其中36人自愿参与后续的半结构化访谈。使用了两种方差分析方法来调查性别和先前的线上面试经验对申请者看法的可能影响。还采用了主题分析法来探究参与者对线上面试（VI）的态度和看法。定量研究结果表明，伊朗博士申请者认为线上面试是一种灵活且有用的程序，能为他们提供令人满意的人际待遇。然而，他们不赞成该程序在行为控制以及传达信息以实现程序公正方面的能力。此外，他们的性别和先前的线上面试经验都不是其观点差异的预测因素。定性数据的主题分析表明，尽管线上面试有一些认知、个人和经济方面的益处，但也带来了一些技术、沟通和个人方面的挑战。本研究为将在高等教育中出于不同目的使用线上面试的大学和申请者提供了启示。
