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Direct linkLangford, Peter H. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
The purpose of the current study was to benchmark a broad range of work practices and outcomes in Australian universities against other industries. Past research suggests occupational stress experienced by academic staff is worse than experienced by employees in other industries. However, no other practices or outcomes can be compared confidently.…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Benchmarking, Performance Technology, Foreign Countries
Mamoon, Dawood; Murshed, S. Mansoob – Education Economics, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to compare the role of human capital accumulation measured by number of years of schooling with the relative contribution of institutional capacity to prosperity. We employ several concepts of institutional quality prevalent in the literature. We discover that developing human capital is as important as superior…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Human Capital, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
Brown, Douglas J.; Ferris, D. Lance; Heller, Daniel; Keeping, Lisa M. – Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007
The current paper examines the dispositional and situational antecedents, as well as the attitudinal and behavioral consequences, of the frequency of upward and downward social comparisons. We predicted social comparison frequency would be influenced by uncertainty-related antecedents, and that social comparisons in organizations would be…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Role Conflict, Social Attitudes
Download full textBatten, Margaret; Girling-Butcher, Sue – 1981
In order to test the validity of a measure of Australian students' views on the quality of life within their schools, a small-scale study was conducted in seven secondary schools, including both public and private institutions. The 52-item survey instrument was administered to 651 students in grades 9-12. Followup interviews of students were held…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Schoorman, Dilys – 2000
This case study investigated the impact of an institutional mission to internationalize on the daily educational experiences of higher education faculty and students. A secondary purpose of the study was to investigate the role of international students in the internationalization process. The study was conducted in two selected departments of a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Ryan, Barbara E. – 1998
In this document, The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention focuses on prevention challenges at community colleges. Students at community colleges differ from those at four-year institutions in a number of areas, including social demographics as well as alcohol and other drug-related problems. Community college students are…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, College Students, Community Colleges
