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Bergström, Annika; Höglund, Lars – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2014
Introduction: Reading literature is believed to be a cornerstone of democracy and good citizenship. With a decline in book reading and an increasing e-book market, it is of importance to follow the diffusion of e-book reading. Method: Data were collected in a large-scale, mail survey of the Swedish population aged 16 to 85 years conducted in 2012.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Electronic Publishing, Mail Surveys
Gudmundsdottir, Dora Gudrun – Social Indicators Research, 2013
There is a common belief that economic crisis will lead to a decrease in subjective wellbeing. Previous studies indicate that income is correlated with happiness and unemployment with unhappiness. The relationship between increased income and happiness is well documented while the impact of decreased income has been less explored. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Climate, Longitudinal Studies, Mail Surveys
Stewart, Norma J.; D'Arcy, Carl; Kosteniuk, Julie; Andrews, Mary Ellen; Morgan, Debra; Forbes, Dorothy; MacLeod, Martha L. P.; Kulig, Judith C.; Pitblado, J. Roger – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Context: Examination of factors related to the retention or voluntary turnover of Registered Nurses (RNs) has mainly focused on urban, acute care settings. Purpose: This paper explored predictors of intent to leave (ITL) a nursing position in all rural and remote practice settings in Canada. Based on the conceptual framework developed for this…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Nurses, Community Attitudes, Labor Turnover
Federici, Roger A.; Skaalvik, Einar M. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2011
One purpose of the present study was to develop and test the factor structure of a multidimensional and hierarchical Norwegian Principal Self-Efficacy Scale (NPSES). Another purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between principal self-efficacy and work engagement. Principal self-efficacy was measured by the 22-item NPSES. Work…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
Greasley, Pete; Cassidy, Andrea – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
What do lecturers look for when marking essays? What impresses them and what frustrates them? In this paper, we present the results of a survey which asked lecturers to address these questions. Thirty-two lecturers responded to an email survey in which they listed the problems they found most frustrating when marking essays and the factors which…
Descriptors: Assignments, Essays, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students
Bridges, Sue; Searle, Annette – School Leadership & Management, 2011
The roles and workloads of teachers have been widely noted as changing considerably over recent decades. In this 2009 replication of a 1992 study, 379 New Zealand primary school educators are surveyed regarding their workloads, how these changed and their perceived sustainability. It investigates how respondents believe that educational reforms…
Descriptors: Family Life, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload
Schwab, Susanne; Gebhardt, Markus; Ederer-Fick, Elfriede M.; Gasteiger Klicpera, Barbara – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
The "Attitudes Towards Integration Scale" (ATIS) assesses the attitude of the general public towards the school integration of children with disabilities. The scale was empirically created in a pilot study (n=351) and later used to survey 2158 people. The data from both surveys are analysed in the present paper; the results show that the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, School Desegregation, Negative Attitudes, Familiarity
Chaston, Ian – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of second tier UK universities in relation to the effectiveness of their knowledge management systems and involvement in open innovation. Data were acquired using a mail survey of academic staff in social science and business faculties in second tier institutions. The results indicate that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Business Administration Education
Banack, Hailey R.; Sabiston, Catherine M.; Bloom, Gordon A. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
The purpose of the present study, grounded in self-determination theory, was to explore the relationship between Paralympic athletes' perceptions of autonomy-supportive coach behavior, basic psychological needs, and intrinsic motivation to know, accomplish, and experience stimulation. One hundred thirteen Canadian Paralympic athletes completed an…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Stimulation, Athletes, Student Motivation
Geertshuis, Susan; Cooper-Thomas, Helena – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
This paper examines the extent of patients' health-related learning from a range of sources and aims to identify psycho-cognitive variables that predict learning. Using a survey design, we found that people higher in perceived health competence were lower in anxiety and took a more logical approach to decision making. Low perceived health…
Descriptors: Patients, Decision Making, Anxiety, Predictor Variables
Cartmell, Jonathan; Binsardi, Ben; McLean, Alexis – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
This seminal study investigates the use of the EFQM Excellence Model[R] in the UK Further Education sector. Following initial interviews with Senior Managers and Quality Consultants, an online survey was sent to Principals and Senior Managers in all Colleges across the UK to critically investigate the relationship between the use of the Model and…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Correlation, Transformational Leadership, Models
Meral, Bekir Fatih; Cavkaytar, Atilla; Turnbull, Ann P.; Wang, Mian – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2013
This study examined family quality of life (FQOL) of Turkish families who have children with intellectual disabilities (ID) and autism. To research the perceptions of FQOL and relevant predictive relationships, data were gathered from 3,009 families who have children with ID and autism. The data were collected by using a Socio-demographic Family…
Descriptors: Autism, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Family Environment
Nasser, Ramzi; Cherif, Maha; Romanowski, Michael – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
In an attempt to enhance teacher and student performance in school, a learning management system (LMS) known as Knowledge-Net (K-Net) was introduced in Qatari independent schools. (All public schools in Qatar have transformed to independent schools; the independent schools model is similar to the charter school system in North America.) An LMS is…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Performance Factors
Parsons, R. Lindsey – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2010
This research was conducted to determine whether the benefits claimed by advocates of university internationalization would be evidenced by students at two universities in the United States and one in Australia. A review of the literature of study abroad, intergroup contact theory, intercultural communication and sensitivity, worldmindedness, and…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Intergroup Relations
Nistor, Nicolae; Baltes, Beate; Schustek, Monika – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: Online programs rely on the use of educational technology for knowledge sharing in academic virtual communities of practice (vCoPs). This poses the question as to which factors influence technology acceptance. Previous research has investigated the inter-relationship between educational technology acceptance (ETA) and the vCoP context…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Intention, Educational Technology, Knowledge Management
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