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Is Research Mediating the Relationship between Teaching Experience and Student Satisfaction?
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Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina; Mas-Machuca, Marta; Marimon, Frederic – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Universities must ensure that academic staff are qualified and competent for performing their job. Teaching and research are two key activities in which lecturers should excel. While some authors suggest teaching and research complement each other and positively influence student satisfaction, some others point to a rivalry effect between the two.…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Student Attitudes, Teacher Qualifications, Correlation
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Psychological Consequences of Attachment and Adjustment Attitude
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Shafaei, Azadeh; Nejati, Mehran; Abd Razak, Nordin – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This study investigates the influence of length of stay in a foreign country on international students' adjustment and attachment attitude and examines the relationship between such acculturation attitude with psychological and sociocultural adaptations in a host country. Moreover, it investigates whether psychological and sociocultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Attachment Behavior, Student Attitudes
Supervisory Styles and Graduate Student Creativity: The Mediating Roles of Creative Self-Efficacy and Intrinsic Motivation
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Gu, Jibao; He, Changqing; Liu, Hefu – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Based on social cognitive theory and leadership theory, the current study tests a theoretical model linking supervisory styles (i.e. supportive and directive) with graduate student creativity via psychological cognitive factors (specifically, creative self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation). Results from a sample of 216 graduate students of 1…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Creativity, Self Efficacy, Motivation
Course Recommendation as a Construct in Student Evaluations: Will Students Recommend Your Course?
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Ang, Lawrence; Breyer, Yvonne Alexandra; Pitt, Joseph – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
"Recommendation" is a highly credible and powerful construct in marketing. This article investigates the construct "intention to recommend" in the context of student evaluations of teaching. Motivated by changes in the sector, the study explores what factors drive course recommendation and their relationship with each other. A…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evaluation Methods, College Students
Key Factors that Influence the Diffusion and Infusion of Information and Communication Technologies in Kenyan Higher Education
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Macharia, Jimmy K. N.; Pelser, Theunis G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Previous studies have shown that in the higher education sector, information and communication technology (ICT) provides the impetus for change from the traditional concepts of teaching and learning, as well as prime motivation behind the change in scholarly and professional activities. This underscores the importance of ICT in higher education in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education