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Roman, Teodora; Maxim, Alexandru – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Our purpose is to assess the influence of national culture and higher education on entrepreneurship among students and fresh graduates. The aim was to determine whether the grouping of students based on certain personality traits (most of which are connected to culture) is effective at predicting entrepreneurial intention and whether…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Multivariate Analysis, Higher Education, Goal Orientation
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Varunki, Maaret; Katajavuori, Nina; Postareff, Liisa – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Research shows that a surface approach to learning is more common among students in the natural sciences, while students representing the "soft" sciences are more likely to apply a deep approach. However, findings conflict concerning the stability of approaches to learning in general. This study explores the variation in students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Pharmacy, Learning Processes
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Putwain, David W.; Sander, Paul – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
This study examined the changes in students' academic behavioural confidence over the course of their first year of academic study and whether changes differ by their achievement goal profile. Self-report data were collected from 434 participants in three waves: at the beginning of the first semester of their first year of undergraduate study, at…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Self Esteem, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation