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Direct linkYasin, Naveed; Khansari, Zeinab; Sharif, Taimur – Industry and Higher Education, 2020
This study assesses the enterprising characteristics of first-year undergraduate Omani female chemical engineering students in Muscat, Oman. Pre and post surveys were conducted with 27 respondents from an entrepreneurship boot camp module mandated by the Oman Ministry of Higher Education. The variables, measured on a 10-point Likert scale,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Entrepreneurship
Peer reviewedNowicki, Stephen, Jr.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
The achievement behavior of internally controlled college females was more affected by sex of partner and type of competition than that of males. Although internally controlled males achieved more than externally controlled males, internally controlled females performed better when competing against males or cooperating with females. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Need, Competition, Cooperation
Johnson, Carolyn H. – 1984
There is little literature comparing personality differences between traditional (under age 25) and reentry women students (aged 25 and older). The purpose of the present study is to examine these differences. A background questionnaire and five additional scales: (1) the Work and Family Orientation Questionnaire (WOFO-3); (2) the…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Assertiveness, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedBrown, Ric – College Student Journal, 1983
Explored the relationship between attribution of success and sex role orientation of women (N=114) in graduate school. Results indicated that, among achievement oriented college women, attributional style was related to sex role orientation. Women who were more traditional saw their reinforcers coming from family and social forces. (JAC)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Attribution Theory, Females, Graduate Students
Galliano, Grace – 1981
While early studies of achievement motivation focused on young men, more recent studies have focused on women's motivation to achieve. Five groups were compared on achievement motivation and achievement-related variables: Women (ages 30-50) who were either homemakers, applicants accepted at college but not attending, or returnees enrolled in…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Age Differences, Anxiety, College Students
Gender Differences in Students' and Students' Perceived Parental Academic Motivational Orientations.
Download full textLeung, Jupian J. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to determine if students' gender was related to their own and their perceived parental motivational orientations in school achievement. Motivational orientations in school achievement were measured by a number of items focusing on the meaning of success in school, preference for school feedback, school task…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Attribution Theory, Catholic Schools
