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Lo Presti, Alessandro; De Rosa, Assunta; Zaharie, Monica – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2022
This study aimed to examine the main predictors of employability, building on a recent conceptual model on employability developed by Lo Presti and Pluviano (Organ Psychol Rev 6(2): 192-211, 2016). Survey based data were collected from a sample of 263 Italian job-seekers through a longitudinal study. The results revealed that employability was…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Job Applicants
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Marks, Gary N. – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of university and vocational education, and other influences on a variety of labour market outcomes for Australian youths aged between 16 and 25. The six labour market outcomes investigated are: occupational status, hourly and weekly earnings, employment, unemployment and full-time work. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Universities, Vocational Education
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Lee, Pei-Ling; Pang, Vincent – International Journal of Training Research, 2014
This paper reports on a study of five motivational orientations in continuing education among working adults. The influence of motivational orientations on their academic achievement was identified. The study involved 159 working adults who enrolled into part-time programs in an Open University in Sabah. Boshier's Education Participation Scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Continuing Education, Adult Students, Student Motivation
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Ibrahim, Norhayati; Freeman, Steven A.; Shelley, Mack C. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2011
A central challenge for higher education today is to understand the diversity and complexity of nontraditional students' life experiences and how these factors influence their academic success. To better understand these issues, this study explored the role of demographic characteristics and employment variables in predicting the academic success…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Part Time Students, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Arikan, Arda – Online Submission, 2011
Prospective foreign language teachers need to have an accurate knowledge and a positive perception of the target language and target culture so that they can help their students gain further insight on culture by and large. Hence, by means of a questionnaire, prospective English language teachers' (n = 412) perceptions of the target language and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
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Oplatka, Izhar – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2010
Purpose: To fill the gap in theoretical and empirical knowledge on late career in principalship, the aim of this study was to explore the career experiences, needs, and behaviors of principals at this stage. Research method: Life history and semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 late-career principals, 20 schoolteachers, and 10…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Leadership Styles, Principals, Administrator Behavior
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Hulpia, Hester; Devos, Geert; Van Keer, Hilde – Journal of Educational Research, 2009
In the present study the effects of a cooperative leadership team, distributed leadership, participative decision-making, and context variables on teachers' organizational commitment are investigated. Multilevel analyses on data from 1522 teachers indicated that 9% of the variance in teachers' organizational commitment is attributable to…
Descriptors: Organizational Climate, Employment Experience, Leadership, Power Structure