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Direct linkOfole, Ndidi Mercy – Open Learning, 2022
A descriptive survey design was adopted to investigate the relationship that exists amongst locus of control, work engagement, organisational reward system, job satisfaction and social loafing among the staff of distance learning programme in South-western Nigeria. Four hundred and forty-seven (males = 184; females = 263) learners support staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Open Universities, Gender Differences
Download full textBahçekapili, Ekrem; Karaman, Selçuk – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2020
This study tests the direct and indirect effects of online learners' personality traits, self-efficacy, and academic locus of control variables on grade point average (GPA) via path analysis. The participants of the study are 525 online learners from two different universities in Turkey. The results of the study reveal a good fit of the proposed…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Self Efficacy, Locus of Control, Academic Achievement
Yukselturk, Erman – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
This study analyzed learner characteristics that affect satisfaction in an online certificate program under two main purposes. The first purpose was to examine relationships among selected variables (age, gender, educational level, and online course experience), learners' initial perceptions (online technology self-efficacy, online learning…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Learning Readiness, Online Courses, Distance Education
Reimers-Hild, Connie; King, James W.; Foster, John E.; Fritz, Susan M.; Waller, Steven S.; Wheeler, Daniel W. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2005
Successful distance learners and entrepreneurs may be similar in that they seek out and capitalize on opportunities and marshal resources to achieve their goals. Further, entrepreneurial behavior is a vital asset in the rapidly changing global knowledge economy of the 21 st Century. This paper presents a theoretical framework for examining the…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Distance Education, Correlation, Locus of Control
Knowles, Evelyn; Kerkman, Dennis – InSight: A Collection of Faculty Scholarship, 2007
This study investigated students' attitudes and motivations toward online learning. Students in the online course, Introduction to the Visual Arts, were asked to complete questionnaires administered during the first and last week of the online course. A group of questions on Attitude was asked on both surveys. Questions on Interest,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Locus of Control, Visual Arts, Online Courses
Peer reviewedParker, Angie – International Journal of Educational Technology, 1999
This study of community college students investigated predictors of student dropout in distance education courses. Considered locus of control, gender, number of distance education courses completed, age, financial assistance, and number of hours employed, and used correlation and discriminant analysis to show locus of control and financial aid…
Descriptors: Age, Community Colleges, Correlation, Discriminant Analysis
