The current study examined the mediating role of general self-efficacy in the relationship between university students' proactive career behavior and their proactive personality. The participants of the study consisted of 457 university students in Turkey. The Proactive Personality Scale-Short Form, the General Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Career…

This study aimed to examine the relationships between family influence on career choices with perceived social support, vocational outcome expectations, and life satisfaction of university students. Correlational research method was used in the study. The results showed that family influence on career choices and perceived social support were…

In this study, we hypothesize that full professors have an important impact on their postdocs' career intentions. Using multivariate regression analysis, we found a positive association between postdocs' ratings of their professor relationship, their integration into the scientific community and their career intentions. In addition, publications…

Competition is usually considered a mechanism for the allocation of scarce resources. This paper draws attention to a neglected effect of academic competition: competition provides participants with a normative orientation about field-specific values by informing them about which activities will be rewarded. We conceptualize this as a socializing…

This study examined the effects of career-related teacher support on Nigerian (N = 201) and Zambian (N = 192) university students' decisions to choose teaching as a career. In study 1 (Nigerian universities) and study 2 (Zambian universities), data were collected from students who took the 12 weeks of teaching practice exercise at three timepoints…

This study examines the complex relationship between career development, technostress, and organisational commitment in influencing the performance of school teachers in Aria Kemuning, West Java, Indonesia. The main objective of this study is to identify how the three constructs individually and interactively contribute to teacher performance in…

Previous studies have looked at the association between study approaches and student grades with a focus on deep, strategic, and surface learning. This study used a cross-sectional design to examine the association between study approaches and students' feelings of readiness to practice. Thirty-five students in master's and clinical doctoral…

This article explores the historically contingent and normative descriptions of vocational education and training (VET) as a low-status alternative in Australia's socio-economic process of skill and knowledge development. Rather than repeating well-rehearsed shibboleths, this retheorisation of how status works applies an institutional logics…

In the 2023-2024 academic year, more than half of new teachers across Texas were uncertified. In rural school districts, 75% of new teachers were uncertified. This unprecedented shift from prepared to unprepared teachers threatens the quality of education in Texas and has serious negative implications for student learning, teacher retention, and…

The Chinese international education landscape is dominated by nontraditional international schools that are affected by many issues, such as commercialisation, weak leadership, pedagogical challenges, faculty divides, and high turnover. Although teacher mobility in international schools has received much scholarly attention, the Chinese context…

Entrepreneurship education (EE) exerts a profound impact not only on the individuals' career trajectories and entrepreneurial activity, but also on organizational innovation and competitiveness, thus being needed to grasp its meaning and consequences further. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior, this study explores the relationship between…

Researchers from two regional Australian universities shared data to examine how working in regional universities with dispersed campuses impacted on women's career progression. The aim of this project was to identify and examine any specific challenges women working in regional universities faced, as opposed to the issues that might be…

Chemical engineering is a consolidated discipline in Spain with bachelor's degrees in 36 universities. An analysis of main indicators related to chemical engineering undergraduate enrolment has been performed, since the introduction of academic programs according to Bologna principles (2010-2011). Indicators present a wide variety of values across…

Bioinformatics and computational biology have become indispensable in modern biological research, yet introductory resources remain scarce. "FILTERED," an innovative online educational tool that introduces high school students to fundamental bioinformatics concepts through engaging puzzle-based gameplay, was developed to address this…

Purpose: This study employs a comprehensive theoretical synthesis and literature review methodology to examine the evolution and current state of the professional zone of acceptance (PZoA) in educational leadership. Design/methodology/approach: Building upon the foundational theories of Barnard and Simon, the research develops a dynamic model that…