The major purpose of this study was to probe ‘‘Impact of supervisor- supervisee relationship on the quality of research work’’ the appropriate variables that both have conflict effect on the working cooperation. The focal objectives of the study were to examine the influence of the effective supervision aspects in influential the whole quality of research work, to identify the problems faced by the supervisee during research work, to find out the difficulties of the supervisor-supervisee performance and quality in research work and to explore the supervisee supervision experiences to improve the quality of research work. The study was mixed method in nature; therefore QUAN-QUAL model was used for the purpose of data collection. The population of this study was comprised of all the students who conducted/conducting research at BS/BSc, MA/MSc, MPhil/ MS and PhD level under the supervision of their supervisors in various programs at three universities. The sample of the study was consisted of 471 students and 9 supervisors. In quantitative section data was collected through researcher made questionnaire and for the purpose of data collection of supervisors, an interview schedule based on the qualitative analysis was developed, piloted and finalized. Data was analyzed by (SPSS) version 20. It was concluded that male respondents were more satisfied about the session with the time management, guideline, behavior of supervisor, research supervision, supportive skills, accommodating skills as compared to female respondents. It was also revealed that both genders were agreed in communication skills; research Environment, strategies of opportunities. It was suggested that supervisors should cooperate with female supervisee’s in time management, guideline of supervisors, the behavior of supervisor, research supervision, Supportive skills, accommodative skills.
Saima Rafiq (Tue,) studied this question.