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Wong, Siew Chin; Mohd Rasdi, Roziah – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of individually related variables and the moderating role of career strategies on protean career among professionals in Malaysian Electrical & Electronics (E & E) industry. Design/methodology/approach: Research data were gathered from a sample of 306 of professional employees in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Career Development, Professional Personnel
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Infurna, Frank J.; Ram, Nilam; Gerstorf, Denis – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Perceived control plays an important role for health across adulthood and old age. However, little is known about the factors that account for such associations and whether changes in control (or control trajectory) uniquely predict major health outcomes over and above mean levels of control. Using data from the nationwide Americans' Changing…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Death, Predictor Variables, Mortality Rate
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Zepke, Nick; Leach, Linda; Butler, Philippa – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
Student success, variously understood as engagement, persistence, completion, graduation and entry to employment, has become a central focus for stakeholders in higher education. Theoretical and empirical research exploring these varied conceptions has mushroomed since the 1980s. Much of this literature focuses on what and how higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Influences, Success
Stebbing, M. Carolyn; And Others – 1985
A study examined the effects of locus of control and sex role orientation on career maturity and also the correlation between level of career maturity and level of femininity. The study sample consisted of 61 undergraduate junior and senior women from a large southwestern university. Half of them were married, and their average length of work…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Differences, Females
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Kelley, Karl N. – NACADA Journal, 1996
A three-stage model of academic probation that addresses cognitive, affective, behavioral, and environmental factors is presented. Stages examine precursors to probation (factors inhibiting student performance), reactions to being placed on probation, and coping strategies that predict long-term consequences. A key assumption is that student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Probation, Causal Models
Theall, Michael; And Others – 1990
The nature and extent of variations in student attributions about performance in their courses were studied, and the relationships between the attributions and responses on certain items of a student ratings questionnaire were determined. Causal or predictive relationships among these variables were also investigated. Data were collected using:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, College Faculty, College Students
Beeny, Claudia; Guthrie, Victoria L.; Rhodes, Gail S.; Terrell, Patricia S. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2005
This study examined the approaches and expectations about personal and professional balance among senior student affairs officers. Demographic variables were also examined to determine how they affected the relationships between the main variables. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Stress Management, Gender Differences, Expectation