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Karadag, Didar; Soley, Gaye – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Several studies have investigated factors guiding children's decisions when learning from others, although less is known about factors that govern children's decisions when they transfer knowledge to others. Here we asked whether children would privilege ingroup members when teaching and, if so, whether this tendency would persist when…
Descriptors: Young Children, Group Membership, Peer Groups, Values Education
Jose Carlo Garcia de Pano – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation examined compliance resistance to highlight the active role of message receivers or persuasion targets in compliance interactions. Through the data gathered from an online survey, eight research questions and four hypotheses were addressed. Among the three demographic variables tested, only gender had a significant impact on…
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Resistance (Psychology), Social Behavior, Social Psychology
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Chun Sing Maxwell Ho; Thomas Wing Yan Man; Ming Ming Chiu – International Journal of Educational Management, 2025
Purpose: Framed by social cognition theory, this study examines the impact of environmental factors (e.g. social norms) on students' entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ES) and entrepreneurial intention (EI). Design/methodology/approach: We obtained responses to a survey from 811 senior secondary students in Hong Kong. We then employed structural…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, Entrepreneurship, Self Efficacy
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IBIlI, Emin; Ilhanli, Nevruz; ZayIm, Nese; Yardimci, Ahmet – Educational Gerontology, 2023
This study was aimed at determining the factors that affect the intentions of University of the Third Age (UTA) students toward e-learning systems by using Structural Equation Modeling. For this purpose, factors such as Self-Efficacy, Experience, Social Norms, Enjoyment, and Anxiety, suggested as external factors in the General Extended Technology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Intention, Influences
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Paray, Zahoor Ahmad; Kumar, Sumit – Journal of International Education in Business, 2020
Purpose: Considering entrepreneurship education (EE) theory as a base, this paper aims to examine the impact of EE upon building entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, it investigates the impact of student's age, gender and degree or course background in developing students entrepreneurial intentions. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 309…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Student Characteristics
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Daniel, Ana Dias; Almeida, João – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: This study assesses the effects of junior enterprises (JEs) on the entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions of engineering higher education students, compared to a group of social sciences students. Design/methodology/approach: This research analyses a sample of 132 students enrolled in engineering higher education courses in Portugal and…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, College Students, Engineering Education
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Monks, Helen; Barnes, Amy; Cross, Donna; McKee, Heather – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
This research sought to explore the main factors affecting young people's image-sharing behaviors, particularly in the context of peer relationships and norms. Ten focus groups were held with young people aged 13 to 14 years (Grade 9) with a total of 68 participants (39 females and 29 males) across 15 Australian schools contributing to the…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Intention, Reputation, Secondary School Students
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altawallbeh, Manal; Thiam, Wun; alshourah, Sultan; Fong, Soon Fook – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating factors that effect on adaption e-learning among students in Jordanian universities. Two models of e-learning that are observed among adopting institutions are: E-learning as a supplement to traditional classroom model have been introduced by the respondents in this research. The paper takes a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Electronic Learning
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Jinying, Wang; Pelagie, Pene Zongabiro Nina – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Students' perceptions towards entrepreneurship have been a focus for many researches in the field of Entrepreneurship: Given the role that entrepreneurship play in the economic development of a country, researchers acknowledge that students are the key population for entrepreneurial activities. Researchers want to predict and understand students'…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Intention, Performance Factors, Vocational Interests
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Obrusnikova, Iva; Dillon, Suzanna Rocco – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2012
The study investigated beliefs and physical education goals associated with intentions of students without disabilities to play with a hypothetical peer with a physical disability in general physical education (GPE). The Children's Intentions to Play with Peers with Disabilities in Middle School Physical Education (CBIPPD-MPE), the Task and Ego…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Physical Disabilities, Play
Nichols, Shirley J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this quantitative correlational research study was to investigate, describe, and measure factors influencing retention of nontraditional first and second year students at a university located in the Midwestern United States. Retention of adult students has become a major issue for many institutions of higher education and many…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Intention, Statistical Analysis, School Holding Power