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Karen R. Diller; Sam B. Wallin – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This study examines student use of and reaction to study spaces in academic libraries through the lenses of place attachment, including appropriation, affordance, and attention restoration theories. Experimenting with new methods of research (four of six methods were new), researchers identified the walking interview as the best for examining…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Study Facilities, Study Habits, Attachment Behavior
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Behnam Soltani; Karsten E. Zegwaard – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2024
To understand graduate employability, this paper uses a landscape of practice (LofP) lens, and methods including narrative frames, observations, and interviews to interpret capability development and identity construction of learners in a work-based learning masters program. It argues that learners enhance employability, capabilities, and…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Communities of Practice, Masters Programs, Ability
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Rankin, Pressley R., IV; Gulley, Needham Yancey – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
The separation of work and life creates unique challenges for residence life professionals, given that they often live in their place of work. The culture of this work pushes such employees to integrate their work and personal lives in ways that are not always healthy or fulfilling and that frequently lead to burnout. This study sought to explore…
Descriptors: Family Work Relationship, College Housing, Resident Advisers, Dormitories
Ostermeier, Terry H. – 1995
A study investigated the extent to which American university student interviewers perceived differences in certain nonverbal cues (conversational space and hand gestures) in interviews with persons from another culture and whether the American students perceived such observations affected their ability to listen to the interviewee. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Intercultural Communication
Eaves, Michael – 1990
Presumably, during persuasion, a violation of a subject's expected distance would act as a distraction, increase the likelihood of message acceptance, create fewer counterarguments, and shift the listener's focus from message content to speaker characteristics. Forty-nine undergraduate speech students participated in a study at a major…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Information Processing, Nonverbal Communication
Johns, Beverley H.; Keenan, John P. – 1997
This book offers educators guidelines for appropriately dealing with aggression in the schools and ways to increase school safety for all students. The 13 chapters address the following topics: (1) evaluating a school for safety, which includes a checklist to use in reviewing policies, facilities, students, and staff; (2) principles of peaceful…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Check Lists