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Psychological and Organizational Variables Associated with Workplace Learning in Small and Medium Manufacturing Businesses in Korea
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Moon, Se-Yeon; Na, Seung-Il – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between workplace learning and psychological variables, such as learning competency, motivation, curiosity, self-esteem and locus of control, and organizational variables, such as centralization of power, formality, merit system and communication. The studied population consisted entirely…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Business, Motivation, Centralization
Predicting Ego-Strength from Problem-Solving Ability of College Students.
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Ittenbach, Richard F.; Harrison, Patti L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Examined whether performance on scales reflecting problem-solving dimensions of personality could predict ego-strength in college students (n=348). Findings did not support statistically significant relationship between all problem-solving scales and ego-strength. Individually, evidence supported hypothesis that ego-strength can be predicted from…
Descriptors: Ability, College Students, Competence, Higher Education
Relationships between Parent-Child Relational Variables and Child Test Variables in Highly Stressed Urban Families.
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Fagen, Douglas; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1996
Examined relationships between aspects of the parent-child relationship and responses on adjustment-related measures for 131 highly stressed inner-city fourth through sixth graders. Found that relationships between parent-relational and child-test indicators were modest overall. The strongest parent predictor variable was parent attitudes, which…
Descriptors: Children, Competence, Emotional Adjustment, Inner City
Computers and Teachers: Factors Influencing Computer Use in the Classroom.
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Marcinkiewicz, Henryk R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1994
Reports on a study examining how well several personal variables predict elementary school teachers' use of computers for teaching. Variables examined included innovativeness, teacher locus of control, perceived relevance of computers, and self-competence in using computers. Data on age, gender, and years of computer experience were also…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy