Thesis Title: Institutional Satisfaction, Degree Commitment and Completion Intention in First Year University Students
Student Name: Azka Zahid
Supervisor: Almas Irfan
Degree: MSc
Year: 2016-2018
Department: Institute of Applied Psychology
University: Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Corresponding Address: Department of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: chairperson@appsy.pu.edu.pk, Phone: 92-42-9231245
Abstract
The present study conducted to investigate the relationship between institutional satisfaction, degree commitment and completion intention in first year university students. It was hypothesized that institutional satisfaction and degree commitment would have a positive relationship with completion intention in first year university students. Correlation research design was used. Convenient sampling strategy was employed to select a sample of (N = 200) students from different departments of private university (University of Lahore) and public university (University of the Punjab, Lahore). SUSS by Hussain and Bhamani (2012), College Persistence Questionnaire, Short Version Subscale Degree Commitment (Davidson et at., 2009), and Completion Intention Scale (Catherine, & Fichten, et al., 2016) were used to measure first year University student’s institutional satisfaction, degree commitment and completion intention. Pearson product moment correlation revealed that institutional satisfaction and degree commitment had positive relationship with completion intention in first year university students. Further, regression analysis with enter method revealed that institutional satisfaction and degree commitment were positive predictors of completion intention and degree commitment did not moderate the relationship between institutional satisfaction and degree commitment. The results also indicted that there was a non-significant gender differences in institutional satisfaction, degree commitment and completion intention in first year university students. The study has significant implication to enhance retention rate at higher educational Institutions.
Keywords: Institutional satisfaction, degree commitment, completion intention, university students.
