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Ghasemy, Majid; Mohajer, Leila; Frömbling, Lena; Karimi, Mehrdad – SAGE Open, 2021
Servant leadership has been proposed as a highly relevant approach to leadership in the higher education context. However, little is known about its contribution to desirable organizational outcomes in academic settings, and even less is known about the role that servant leadership's multidimensionality plays. Consequently, our study aims to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Technical Institutes, Teacher Leadership, Leadership Styles
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Gochhayat, Jyotiranjan; Giri, Vijai N.; Suar, Damodar – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2017
This study provides a new conceptualization of educational leadership with a multilevel and integrative approach. It examines the impact of multilevel leadership (MLL) on the effectiveness of technical educational institutes through the mediating effects of organizational communication, bases of power and organizational culture. Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Institutes, Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness
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Stringer, Kate J.; Kerpelman, Jennifer L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Career identity development is salient in adolescence and young adulthood, but little research has assessed career identity in populations other than four-year college students. Context should be considered when examining career identity, and to address this gap in the literature, the current study examined the extent to which parental support for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Career Development, Parent Influence
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Johnson, Joel D.; Starobin, Soko S.; Santos Laanan, Frankie – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
This study confirmed appropriate measurement model fit for a theoretical model, the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) vocational choice (STEM-VC) model. This model identified factors that successfully predicted a student's vocational choice decision to pursue a STEM degree for Latina/o and White community college students.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Two Year College Students
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De LaGarza, Thomas R.; Manuel, Marcus A.; Wood, J. Luke; Harris, Frank, III – Community College Enterprise, 2016
Few quantitative studies exist on veteran success in postsecondary education, and existing qualitative research has also not accurately identified factors related to veteran achievement or pathways to success in postsecondary education. In this article, the Community College Survey of Men (CCSM) evaluates predictors of student success for…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Veterans, Academic Achievement, Community Colleges
Kraft, Katrien van der Hoeven – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) careers have been touted as critical to the success of our nation and also provide important opportunities for access and equity of underrepresented minorities (URM's). Community colleges serve a diverse population and a large number of undergraduates currently enrolled in college, they are…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Geology, Academic Persistence, Two Year College Students
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Chen, Ying-Chieh; Li, Ren-Hau; Chen, Sheng-Hwang – Social Indicators Research, 2013
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to test a cause-and-effect model of factors affecting leisure satisfaction among Taiwanese adolescents. A structural equation model was proposed in which the relationships among leisure motivation, leisure involvement, and leisure satisfaction were explored. The study collected data from 701 adolescent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Adolescents, Structural Equation Models
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Kruse, Tracy; Starobin, Soko S.; Chen, Yu; Baul, Tushi; Santos Laanan, Frankie – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This quantitative study examined how social capital and finances influenced community college students' intent to transfer to a four-year institution within STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. Focusing on the community college students enrolled in a rural midwestern state, the authors employed a structural equation modeling…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Social Capital, Educational Finance, Two Year College Students
Simon, Rebecca A.; Aulls, Mark W.; Dedic, Helena; Hubbard, Kyle; Hall, Nathan C. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
To address continually decreasing enrollment and rising attrition in post-secondary STEM degree (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs, particularly for women, the present study examines the utility of motivation and emotion variables to account for persistence and achievement in science in male and female students…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Student Motivation, Emotional Response
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Wang, Xueli – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: Although much research has dealt with the factors that influence educational expectations, few studies have addressed recent high school graduates who attend community colleges as their first postsecondary institutions. As the costs associated with attending a four-year institution keep rising, community colleges increasingly…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Expectation, Academic Aspiration, High School Seniors
Johnson, Joel D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study confirmed appropriate measurement model fit for a theoretical model, the STEM vocational choice (STEM-VC) model. This model identifies exogenous factors that successfully predicted, at a statistically significant level, a student's vocational choice decision to pursue a STEM degree at transfer. The student population examined for this…
Descriptors: Career Choice, STEM Education, College Students, Hispanic American Students
Mc Beth, Maureen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study provides important insights into the relationship between the epistemological beliefs of community college students, the selection of learning strategies, and academic achievement. This study employed a quantitative survey design. Data were collected by surveying students at a community college during the spring semester of 2010. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Community Colleges, Structural Equation Models
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Ulrich, Jana; Karvonen, Meagan – Internet and Higher Education, 2011
Higher educational institutions face mounting challenges to the way they operate, including a growing population of demographically diverse students who demand flexibility in course delivery, timing, and content. Web 2.0 applications can be important components in implementing the required change. Implementation, however, requires faculty…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Online Courses, Prior Learning, Innovation
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Chu, Regina Ju-chun – Computers & Education, 2010
Gender and age differences in the effects of e-learning, including students' satisfaction and Internet self-efficacy, have been supported in prior research. What is less understood is how these differences are shaped, especially for higher aged adults. This article examines the utility of family support (tangible and emotional) and Internet…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Adults