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Peer reviewedDurr, Richard; And Others – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1996
Managers and nonmanagers completed the Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Readiness Scale (n=303, 30% response); Most of the nine occupational categories were above average in SDL readiness; sales occupations had the highest mean score; managers scored significantly higher than nonmanagers. Low scores for clerical and manufacturing groups suggest a need…
Descriptors: Administrators, Learning Readiness, Occupational Clusters, Trainees
Peer reviewedGuglielmino, Paul J.; Roberts, Donald G. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1992
A comparison of 753 U.S. telecommunications workers with 655 in Hong Kong found a positive relationship between readiness for self-directed learning and job performance. U.S. respondents generally scored higher than did Hong Kong subjects on the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale. (SK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Job Performance
Peer reviewedChristoph, Richard T.; Schoenfeld, Gerald A., Jr.; Tansky, Judith W. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1998
College students (n=164) who received multimedia instruction were compared with 231 controls. Higher levels of both existing self-efficacy about multimedia use and self-efficacy developed through training were significantly related to perceptions that multimedia instruction is more effective. (SK)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Learning Readiness
