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Considerations for Exercising Researcher Agency for the Doctoral Dissertation Student

Considerations for Exercising Researcher Agency for the Doctoral Dissertation Student
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Author(s): Orlando M. Saiz (Pacific Oaks College, USA)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 30
Source title: Navigating Theory, Methodology, and Researcher Development in Doctoral Research
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Robin Throne (University of the Cumberlands, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-5676-1.ch002

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Abstract

A book chapter addressing doctoral student agency can be critical to explore. Students and educators may benefit by understanding the context of higher education backdrops. The author explores agency through grit, meaning, mindset, and leadership. Students can progress through the stages of development, access meaning, consciousness, and self-efficacy by cultivating growth mindsets and grit. Case studies to reflect on student, faculty, and institutional issues are explored. Advice for student application is provided. Students should consider the impact of their ideas to reach local and global communities. Students can benefit via clear thinking and writing through reflection, expression, and creativity. Students can direct their own experiences with supportive mentors, selecting institutions that have quality, cutting-edge resources, and their best interests in mind. Students can develop skills to adapt through challenges, pessimism, or low esteem. Institutions and faculty can help cultivate agency through their dedication and responses to students seeking to realize their goals.

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