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Powell, Loreen; Wimmer, Hayden – Information Systems Education Journal, 2017
Currently, there are more technology related jobs then there are graduates in supply. The need to understand user acceptance of computing degrees is the first step in increasing enrollment in computing fields. Additionally, valid measurement scales for predicting user acceptance of Information Technology degree programs are required. The majority…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Majors (Students), Information Technology, Enrollment
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Roberts, Foster; Thomas, Christopher H.; Novicevic, Milorad M.; Ammeter, Anthony; Garner, Bart; Johnson, Paul; Popoola, Ifeoluwa – Journal of Management Education, 2018
In this article, we develop an "integrated moral conviction theory of student cheating" by integrating moral conviction with (a) the dual-process model of Hunt-Vitell's theory that gives primacy to individual ethical philosophies when moral judgments are made and (b) the social cognitive conceptualization that gives primacy to moral…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Cheating, Learner Engagement
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Zhou, Yuchun – International Education Studies, 2018
Since the 1980s when mixed methods emerged as "the third research methodology", it was widely adopted in Western countries. However, inadequate literature revealed how this methodology was accepted by scholars in Asian countries, such as China. Therefore, this paper used a quantitative survey to investigate Chinese scholars' perceptions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Scholarship
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Vleuten, Maaike; Jaspers, Eva; Maas, Ineke; van der Lippe, Tanja – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
The study explores how parents' occupational field affects gender differences in educational fields. On the one hand, the theory of direct transfer predicts that adolescents enter fields similar to those of their parents because of intergenerational transmission of occupation-specific resources and that adolescents are more likely to draw upon the…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Gender Differences, Parent Influence, Secondary School Students
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Baker, David Scott; Underwood, James, III; Thakur, Ramendra – Marketing Education Review, 2017
This study aimed to establish a pedagogical positioning of a business marketing simulation as a grounded learning teaching tool and empirically assess the dimensions of cognitive absorption related to grounded learning effectiveness in an iterative business simulation environment. The method/design and sample consisted of a field study survey…
Descriptors: Marketing, Simulation, Predictor Variables, Instructional Effectiveness
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Madison, Ed; Hopp, Toby; Santana, Arthur D.; Stansberry, Kathleen – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2018
This study used self-determination theory (SDT) to investigate the motivations for selecting a major among mass communication and media majors at 18 colleges and universities across the United States. Specifically, 669 mass communication majors were queried on their intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for choosing a major, their degree of major…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Theories, Majors (Students), Decision Making
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Potnuru, Rama Krishna Gupta; Sahoo, Chandan Kumar – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of human resource development (HRD) interventions on organizational effectiveness by means of employee competencies which are built by some of the selected HRD interventions. Design/methodology/approach: An integrated research model has been developed by combining the principal factors…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Jan, Muhammad Tahir; Ammari, Djihane – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2016
This paper mainly aims to identify the impact of online advertising on students' decision-making and their choice of higher education institutions. Data for this study were collected from 350 students from various Malaysian universities using self-administered questionnaires. The acquired data went through an exhaustive process to ensure that it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advertising, Internet, Student Attitudes
Chun, Jina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers have assumed that social cognitive factors play significant roles in the career development of transition youth and young adults with disabilities and those without disabilities. However, research on the influence of the career decision-making process as a primary causal agent in one's psychosocial outcomes such as perceived level of…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Social Cognition, Social Theories
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Jyoti, Jeevan; Bhau, Sonia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the multi-layer effect of transformational leadership (TL) on employee-related outcomes, i.e. relational identification (RI) and satisfaction with leader (SWL). Further, role of leader member exchange (LMX) and the association period in between TL and RI as well as SWL shall also be examined. So,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformational Leadership, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
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Pietarinen, Janne; Pyhältö, Kirsi; Soini, Tiina – Curriculum Journal, 2017
The study aims to gain a better understanding of the national large-scale curriculum process in terms of the used implementation strategies, the function of the reform, and the curriculum coherence perceived by the stakeholders accountable in constructing the national core curriculum in Finland. A large body of school reform literature has shown…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Strategies
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Agbola, Frank W.; Cheng, Calvin – Studies in Continuing Education, 2017
Making decisions about education choices is challenging and difficult for students. Utilising the theory of reasoned action, we specify and estimate a conceptual framework that captures the cognitive process of decision making of students in choosing top-up higher degrees in Hong Kong. Top-up higher or bachelor's degrees are top-up undergraduate…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Bachelors Degrees, Undergraduate Students
Lee, Ki Jung – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Online social networks (OSNs), while serving as an emerging means of communication, promote various issues of privacy. Users of OSNs encounter diverse occasions that lead to invasion of their privacy, e.g., published conversation, public revelation of their personally identifiable information, and open boundary of distinct social groups within…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Privacy, Causal Models, Decision Making
Chen, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Given that the Chinese economy has experienced rapid growth over the last decade, developing Internet banking and transforming traditional lines of products into web sites beyond "brick and mortar" local branches will be the main drivers for both Chinese banks and foreign banks to tap into the available of Chinese savings. The primary…
Descriptors: Banking, Internet, College Students, Social Behavior
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Maria, Maya; Zuhairi, Aminudin; Riana, Kurnia Endah; Ginting, Ginta – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
The purpose of the research was to analyse students' behaviour in choosing a distance learning program at Universitas Terbuka (UT), Indonesia, using the theory of planned behaviour model developed by Fishbein and Ajzen (1975). The respondents of the research were 102 students from 3 Regional Offices of Jakarta, Malang and Kupang, representing…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Decision Making
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