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What Do Hispanic Students Want in a Mentor? A Model of Protégé Cultural Orientation, Mentorship Expectations, and Performance
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Cox, Cody B.; Yang, Yan; Dicke-Bohmann, Amy K. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to propose and test a model of the effects of cultural factors on Hispanic protégés' expectations for and experiences with their mentors. Specifically, the proposed model posits that cultural orientation predicts the mentorship functions protégés desire, and the positive impact of these mentorship functions depends on…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Cultural Influences
The Influence of Specific Supervisor Support Types on Transfer of Training: Examining the Mediating Effect of Training Retention
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Govaerts, Natalie; Kyndt, Eva; Dochy, Filip – Vocations and Learning, 2018
The aim of this study was to examine the differential effects of specific types of supervisor support on transfer of training, taking into account established trainee characteristics, such as trainees' motivation to learn, motivation to transfer, and training self-efficacy. More specifically, nine types of supervisor support were examined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supervisors, Supervision, Job Training
The Investigation of STEM Self-Efficacy and Professional Commitment to Engineering among Female High School Students
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Liu, Yi-hui; Lou, Shi-jer; Shih, Ru-chu – South African Journal of Education, 2014
This study employed social cognitive theory and social cognitive career theory (SCCT) as foundations to explore the influence of high school students' beliefs about female gender roles and female engineer role models on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) self-efficacy and professional commitment to engineering. A total of 88…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Self Efficacy, Student Projects, Questionnaires
Where Are the Women in Women's Sports? Predictors of Female Athletes' Interest in a Coaching Career
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Moran-Miller, Kelli; Flores, Lisa Y. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
In this study, we used social cognitive career theory (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) to examine the development of female athletes' career interest in coaching and, specifically, the impact of contextual factors (female coaching role models, working hours, and perceived discrimination) on coaching self-efficacy and outcome expectations.…
Descriptors: Role Models, Womens Athletics, Females, Self Efficacy
The Effects of Perceived Barriers, Role Models, and Acculturation on the Career Self-Efficacy and Career Consideration of Hispanic Women
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Rivera, Lourdes M.; Blumberg, Fran; Chen, Eric C.; Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Flores, Lisa Y. – Career Development Quarterly, 2007
This study used path analysis to examine the relationship between perceived barriers, acculturation, and role model influence on the career self-efficacy and career considerations of a sample of Hispanic women. Two path models were examined. The male-dominated model accounted for 15% of the variance, and the female-dominated model accounted for…
Descriptors: Role Models, Females, Self Efficacy, Acculturation
The Relationship between Smoker Role Models and Intentions to Smoke among Adolescents
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Wiium, Nora; Breivik, Kyrre; Wold, Bente – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
The study examines how adolescents' perceptions of exposure to smoker role models relate to their intentions to smoke, both directly, and indirectly through attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioural control. The data is based on a national representative sample of 15-year-olds (n=1670) in Norway. Path analysis indicates that perceptions of model…
Descriptors: Smoking, Role Models, Intention, Adolescents
High-Ability Women and Men in Undergraduate Mathematics and Chemistry Courses.
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Bali, John; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1985
Using samples of college students of very high ability and strong academic background, sex differences in performance and perceptions of performance in introductory chemistry and mathematics courses were studied. Considerable differences favoring men were found, and these appeared to be due primarily to differences in mathematics background.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Chemistry, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing