Engaging employees in direct learning activities to ensure organizational growth and success and to meet strategic goals continues to be a challenge for agencies across the federal government. At a time when decreased funding for training is a reality, and employee satisfaction rates continue to decline, federal agency leaders seek to understand…

The original Social Emotional Distress Survey--Secondary (SEDS-S) assesses adolescents' past month's experiences of psychological distress. Given the continued need for and use of brief measures of student social-emotional distress, this study examined a five-item version (SEDS-S-Brief) to evaluate its use for surveillance of adolescents' wellness…

Students with learning disabilities (LD), such as dyslexia, are at a greater risk of not completing their postsecondary education compared to their peers. Completion broadly and success more generally rest on how students navigate assessment experiences during postsecondary education. Generally, assessment is viewed as a controlling practice. From…

The arrival of the metaverse, as a new generation of information technology, will bring great changes to people's production, life, and learning. The educational metaverse is regarded as a new form of educational development, which will bring a transformative impact on educational teaching activities. In this context, this study has developed a…

Work values, which describe what employees seek from their jobs and which parts of their jobs are important to them, have been linked to employees' response to work situations, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. One work value that has not received adequate attention when exploring the link between work values and employees'…

The current socio-economic situation creates similar conditions and rules for companies in various industries around the world.in this vein, the study and educate the retention factors of the company are of a great importance. The task of staff productivity increase and the overall effectiveness of its activities is relevant. The most important…

In this article authors suggest considering features of hybrid reality, both in psychology and in law. The authors investigate the opportunities and dangers of the virtual world. They reveal the main psychological aspects that provoke the person to plunge into Internet space. Also in the article, the authors show the main tendencies and the…

The ability to work effectively in teams is an essential skill. There has been recent interest in applying knowledge of striving instincts to improve student attitudes and performance within teams. The authors report results from a mixed-methods study examining the impact of utilizing striving instinct categories for team formation, along with…

This paper examined the concept of contributory pension scheme as it relates to lecturers' job commitment in the university system. It adopted the Social Exchange Theory by George Casper Homans in 1958 and a review of other scholars' findings on pension scheme implementation. It established a link between the CPS implementation procedures and the…

Motivation initiates, maintains and directs spiritual and physical activity of individuals. It is important to determine the motivation of teachers who play important role in education and technology usage. The purpose of this study is to use the motivational scale to measure the motivation of teachers working in Zonguldak city of Turkey. The the…

Quality out-of-school reading programs have positive impact on students' academic learning. However, the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers for such programs can be challenging. In this article, we described an out-of-school reading project, the "It Takes a Village Project" (or "Village Project"), that not only…

Student internships are valued as solid indicators of future employability, which often result in the acquisition of additional education and career skills. This study describes the perceptions of interior design students after completing a summer internship with a design firm. Utilizing a case study approach, the study data were collected through…

Holland's theory of vocational choice is a powerful framework for studying academic environments and student development in college. This study tests Holland's third proposition that students flourish in academic environments (i.e., majors) that are congruent with their personality types. In addition, we examine the extent to which student…

E-learning systems, assessed through computers and/or mobile devices, are widely adopted to assist university students' learning. Nonetheless, the impact of surprise in the design of e-learning systems still needs clarification. The link of learners' multiple goals orientation to their e-learning system use behavior also lacks clarification. This…

The article presents the analysis of social and psychological component indicators of academic employees in the structure of higher education institution (university) image. As a part of comprehensive study we determined the internal structure of a higher education institution image according the results of factor and correlation analysis which…