scholarly journals Sports as a Stepping‑Stone for Entrepreneurship: Examining Sports University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1485-1496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Holienka ◽  
Jana Holienková ◽  
Miroslav Holienka
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Environmental Attributes ◽  
Interpersonal Aspect ◽  
University Settings

Sports and entrepreneurship have several common attributes. Therefore, when focusing on entrepreneurship among university students, sports students deserve special attention. The main aim of our exploratory study was to examine personality traits, enterprising tendencies and entrepreneurial propensity of sports students. Our study was based on data gathered through own data collection using a survey instrument comprising of established measures of enterprising tendencies and interpersonal aspect of personality, and items capturing individual’s entrepreneurial propensity and other personal and environmental attributes. We have collected 254 responses from 130 sports and 124 pedagogy students, who served as a comparison group. Our findings show that sports students exhibit higher enterprising tendency, significant differences in four out of eight examined general personality traits, and higher entrepreneurial propensity compared to their pedagogy counterparts. In search of potential origins of these differences and high embeddedness of entrepreneurship among sports students, we explored selected individual attributes as well as environmental factors related to respondents’ personal and university settings. Based on our findings, we develop implications for entrepreneurship encouragement and utilization of enterprising potential in sports student population.

scholarly journals Diversidade linguística na universidade pública: um estudo desvelador de estratégias de dominação para a área de política linguística

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Marcus Vinícius Freitas Mussi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
University Students ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Social Condition ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Linguistic Prejudice

Previous research on Language Policy has been a growing target of discussion in the academic environment. In this context, I adopt belief and management dimensions from Spolsky model (2004; 2009, 2012) and the notion of policy devices from Shohamy´s (2006) perspective in order to analyse university students and professor´s discourse about linguistic diversity. The instruments used for data collection were exploratory study and participant observation for the researcher, interview with professors and survey with students. It is predominantly a qualitative research, whose main aim was to identify beliefs about linguistic diversity and possible discursive strategies of domination. The discourses revealed divisions about linguistic diversity and accent, although almost unanimously the participants answered that they have already suffered linguistic prejudice. However, the biggest contribution of this work was about the identification of discursive strategies of linguistic domination: the sarcasm, linguistic association to social condition of the region, and repetition.

scholarly journals Representaciones, hábitos y dificultades de composición del texto escrito en estudiantes universitarios: un estudio exploratorio

2017 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Yolanda Álvarez-Sánchez ◽  
Santiago Fabregat-Barrios
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

This article presents an exploratory study into the assumptions, habits of composition and principal difficulties that university students in the study declare to have in regard to the composition of written texts. It is a qualitative study elaborated from a series of semi-structured interviews used as a method of data collection. Once the analysis and categorisation of the data is complete, we present the system of beliefs of the participants regarding professional and academic writing. We identified their most relevant difficulties and make clear what must be taken into consideration when proposing actions which objective is to improve writing competencies in the area of Tertiary Education.

scholarly journals THE MOST TUNING RADIO FREQUENCIES AMONG TAMIL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COMMUNITY: A USERS AND GRATIFICATION STUDY ON THE RADIO AUDIENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Uses And Gratifications Theory ◽  
Student Preferences ◽  
Radio Channels

This exploratory study begins by attaining general knowledge about a group of students pertaining to their listening habits while applying uses and gratifications theory and then attempts to gauge whether or not the station meets student preferences. Of the 100 total participants, study in Trincomalee campus thus becoming the target audience for this study. To achieve objectives of this study, survey method has been used for data collection. A questionnaire was distributed among 100 respondents. Findings revealed that majority (90%) of the respondents listen to radio programmes and they prefer to listen to radio at any convenient time (33%), the respondents do listen radio channels mostly through mobile phones (65%), majority of the respondents do listen private radio channels (92.5%), the respondents mostly listen to Shakthi FM (46%), and respondents mostly listen to musical programmes (47%).

scholarly journals Representaciones, hábitos y dificultades de composición del texto escrito en estudiantes universitarios: un estudio exploratorio

2017 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Yolanda Álvarez-Sánchez ◽  
Santiago Fabregat-Barrios
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

This article presents an exploratory study into the assumptions, habits of composition and principal difficulties that university students in the study declare to have in regard to the composition of written texts. It is a qualitative study elaborated from a series of semi-structured interviews used as a method of data collection. Once the analysis and categorisation of the data is complete, we present the system of beliefs of the participants regarding professional and academic writing. We identified their most relevant difficulties and make clear what must be taken into consideration when proposing actions which objective is to improve writing competencies in the area of Tertiary Education.

Subclinical Sadism and the Dark Triad

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura K. Johnson ◽  
Rachel A. Plouffe ◽  
Donald H. Saklofske
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Antisocial Personality ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Antisocial Personality Traits

Abstract. The Dark Triad is a constellation of three antisocial personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Recently, researchers have introduced a “Dark Tetrad” that includes subclinical sadism, although others suggest considerable overlap between psychopathy and sadism. To clarify the position of sadism within the Dark Triad, an online study was conducted with 615 university students. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that a six-factor solution fit the data best, representing Machiavellianism, psychopathy, physical sadism, verbal sadism, narcissism, and vicarious sadism. Furthermore, convergent validity was supported through sadism’s correlations with the HEXACO personality traits. The results support sadism’s inclusion within the Dark Tetrad as a unique construct but with some conceptual overlap with psychopathy.

The development of international identities in five university students: An exploratory study

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Stiles ◽  
Meganne Vaivadas ◽  
Etienne Marais ◽  
Marshall Godschalk ◽  
Elizabeth Viana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Exploratory Study

AMBIGUISTAS OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGE ON THE STUDENTS OF IQRA BURU UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARZIKO
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
University Students ◽  
Spoken Language

ABSTRACK Ambiguity is a meaningful thing or has more than two meanings. Most people misinterpret what is read and hear. This can occur both in spoken speech and writing. This interpretation of more than one can raise doubts and confusion in making decisions about meaning referred to, so that the reader must be observant in grasping the meaning of that intended by the writer. Ambiguity at this level occurs because of the sounds of spoken language. sometimes it can be misinterpreted the meaning of a word or phrase because during a conversation the phrase or word is said too quickly. This study aims to describe the ambiguity of the Indonesian language used by Iqra University students in composing narratives and papers. This type of research is qualitative research that is naturally or in the context of a wholeness. by using descriptive collected in the form of words and not numbers. The data in this study are data that contain ambiguity using the theories of experts when analyzing. Data collection techniques namely after describing the form of words and phrases in Indonesian written by students after that are analyzed according to theory. the results showed that in students' essays there were words and phrases that contained ambiguity. Keyword: Ambiguitas, Narasi, Student

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