Ready for a Career in the Agriculture Sector in Egypt? Perceptions of Students, Faculty, and Employers on the Value of Essential Technical and Employable Skills
, D. Hashini Galhena Dissanayake 1, Karim Maredia 1, Nanda P. Joshi 2 and Paul Ebner 3Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Overall, this is a very good study. It could be improved for clarity and flow. The following are recommendations for your consideration:
1) In section 1.1, first paragraph would benefit from the inclusion of some citations.
2) the transition to gender in the third paragraph of 1.1 (Lines 75-78) seemed out of place and didn't fit there without some transitions.
3) Paragraph starting on line 90. You make the case that mentoring is one-sided (line 97) and, yet, on line 92, #2, states that a feature of mentoring is reciprocal and mutual.
4) Throughout the entire introduction, there seems to be redundancy from section to section as well as a need for more clarity and consistency in language. There is unnecessary confusion because of the use of mentor-mentee, mentor-protege, faculty to student, advisor vs advisee, graduate vs undergraduate all being used interchangeably. Provide context and explanation that the literature uses all these but pick one and use throughout the manuscript.
5) Part of the lack of clarity is also because of the inclusion of work place/career development in this as well. As written, the work place doesn't seem to fit. Rewrite so that the context is consistent and you are viewing this study through a single lens.
6) Differences in the target population and the respondents (there were more respondents that the total target population). See lines 447-49 vs 555-56.
7) Line 542 is an an incomplete sentence
8). If this is a study of the entire system, what is the value of the demographic breakdown by university in table 4.?
9) Table formatting is not consistent and does not conform to the conventions of the journal. Including the need for notes and scales for all tables so that can be interpreted.
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Reviewer 2 Report
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Thank you for addressing my comments.
