scholarly journals A Study on the Learner’s Satisfaction of on-line PBL classes in Korean College

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 3353-3362
Author(s):  
Byoungho Jun
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
On Line

The quick move to non-face-to-face education caused by the sudden attack of the COVID-19 led to many problems such as faculty’s burden and stress from the planning and designing of suitable on-line classes, technology system problems for both students and faculty and students’ complaints of the low quality of education. Especially Project-based learning (PBL) has more challenges because it is learners-centred and is usually done in face-to-face environment. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the learner’s satisfaction of non-face-to-face on-line PBL classes in terms of interaction and learner’s factors during the attack of COVID-19 pandemic. The data Was collected through questionnaires, from 175 undergraduate students at S women’s university who took the on-line PBL classes. SEM (Structural Equation Model) was used for empirical test using SmartPLS. The results of the empirical analysis reveal that interaction and media utilization self-efficacy are likely to predict learner’s satisfaction.   Keywords: COVID-19, On-line PBL class, Satisfaction, Interaction, IT self-efficacy, Motivation

scholarly journals Structural Equation Model on Factors Affecting Students Satisfaction towards University Library: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Zahayu Md Yusof ◽  
Masnita Misiran ◽  
Hasimah Sapiri ◽  
Massudi Mahmuddin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Online Services ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Library Management ◽  
University Library ◽  
Students Satisfaction

Library in the university is known as the centre of knowledge. University library offers learning support, research requirement and also teaching materials. The objective of this study is to identify the most (and least) factors that contribute to students satisfaction towards university library. A case study on selected respondents consist of 266 undergraduate students was conducted. Their opinion on the library services has been recorded. Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents. Structural Equation Model was developed to display their responses. The finding concluded that online services and collections have significant relationship with the overall satisfaction towards the library, whereas facilities and library staffs do not have significant contribution to the satisfaction. As a suggestion, the library management should improve their service quality by upgrading the online services such as wireless access, library website service,  and online book renewal process to mentioned a few, which might be effective in improving the students’ satisfaction towards the library.

Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and a student's predisposition to choose an entrepreneurial career path: the role of self-perceived employability

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-580
Author(s):  
B.N. Neneh
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Path ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Alternative Measures

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and self-perceived employability (SPE) affect students' choice of an entrepreneurial career path.Design/methodology/approachA survey approach was used to gather data from 274 final year undergraduate students at a South African university. The study made use of partial least squares (PLS) structural equation model (SEM) analyses to test the hypothesized associations.FindingsESE was positively associated with the intention to engage in both a full-time and a hybrid entrepreneurial career path. Also, SPE was positively associated with the intention to engage in hybrid entrepreneurship but negatively associated with engaging in full-time entrepreneurship. Additionally, the effect of ESE on the intention to engage in hybrid entrepreneurship was significantly moderated by SPE, such that the effect was more pronounced for students with a high SPE.Research limitations/implicationsData were gathered only from one South African university and as such there is a need for similar studies to improve the generalizability of the findings. Also, the measures for ESE and SPE used in the present study are not the only ones available. Thus, future studies are encouraged to use alternative measures to further assess the robustness of the proposed associations.Originality/valueThe arguments and the subsequent findings of this study indicate a new line of convergence for the popular but disjointed literature on ESE and SPE.

scholarly journals Evaluation of some factors affecting self-efficacy beliefs of students studying in teacher education departmentsÖğretmenlik bölümlerinde öğrenim gören öğrencilerin öz yeterlik inançlarını etkileyen bazı faktörlerin değerlendirilmesi

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ender Şenel ◽  
Kemal Tamer
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Science Teacher Education ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Education ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Factors Affecting

The aim of this study was to evaluate some factors affecting self-efficacy beliefs of students in physical education and sport teacher department and students in the other fields of teacher education departments. Total of 515 students from Physical Education and Sport Teacher Department, Science Teacher Education, Mathematics Teacher Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Music Teacher Education and Art Teacher Education Departments at Gazi University Faculty of Education participated in the study. Collected data was analyzed in SPSS 16.0 program by using Pearson Product Correlation test. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structure) was done for the sample group conformity of scales. As a result of literature review made before study, a structural equation model was hypothesized. Consequently, by examining the model fit indexes of hypothesized model, it can be concluded that having high level of emotional intelligence decreased academic burnout level of students and correspondingly academic and general self-efficacy beliefs were increased. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, beden eğitimi ve spor öğretmenliği bölümü ile diğer alanların öğretmenlik bölümlerinde öğrenim gören öğrencilerin öz yeterlik inançlarını etkileyen bazı faktörlerin değerlendirilmesidir. Araştırmaya Gazi Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Öğretmenliği, Eğitim Fakültesi Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği, Matematik Öğretmenliği, Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmenliği, Müzik Öğretmenliği ve Resim Öğretmenliği bölümlerinden toplam 515 öğrenci katılmıştır. Veriler, SPSS 16.0 paket programında Pearson Product Correlation testi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Ayrıca duygusal zeka, genel öz yeterlik, akademik tükenmişlik ve akademik öz yeterlik ölçeklerin[a1] in[E2]  örneklem grubuna uygunluğunun belirlenmesi için AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structure) programında Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (DFA) yapılmıştır. Araştırma öncesinde yapılan literatür taraması sonucunda bir yapısal eşitlik modeli hipotez edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, hipotez edilen modelin uyum indekslerine bakarak duygusal zekâ seviyesi yüksek olan öğrencilerin akademik tükenmişliğinin düşeceği buna bağlı olarak akademik öz yeterlik ve genel öz yeterlik inançlarının artacağı söylenebilir.

scholarly journals Moderating Roles of Hardiness and Self-Efficacy in the Relationship between Flow and Academic Procrastination on Academic Performance: A Structural Equation Model Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vinothkumar ◽  
Kousalya ◽  
Vindya. V. Rai
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Difficulty Level ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Academic procrastination is common among students and is due to various reasons. One of the reasons can be difficulty level of the task. To involve in the task and experience a deep sense of enjoyment, there should be balance between students’ skills and task challenges which is a characteristic of flow. The present study aimed to find out the moderating role of Hardiness and Self-efficacy in the relationship between Flow and Academic Procrastination on Academic Performance. For that 170 undergraduate students were taken from different streams using stratified random sampling method. Procrastination Scale, Dispositional Flow Scale, Hardiness Scale and Self-efficacy scales were used to measure the proposed variable in the model. Results showed a significant negative relation between academic performance and procrastination and a positive relation between Academic Performance, flow, and Self-efficacy. However, there seems no significant relationship between academic performance and hardiness. Structural equation modeling results reveal that procrastination has a significant direct effect on performance and that self-efficacy plays a moderating role in the relationship between flow and procrastination on academic performance, whereas hardiness is non-significant. Hence, it can be concluded from the SEM analysis result that model can be partially accepted. The implications of the study suggest designing the syllabus to match the abilities of all the students, training to elude procrastination and to increase a student’s level of self-efficacy.

A Study on Factors Affecting on Customer Intention to Use the Express Bus

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5E) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Nguyen Van ◽  
Hieu Trung Nguyen ◽  
Toan Bao Le
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Organizational Image ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Managerial Implications

The improvement of transit service quality is an essential role in developing urban and interstate transportation. The local government, as well as bus service companies, should understand the behavioral intention of passengers to meet their expectation and requirements. This paper aims to highlight such behavioral decision and investigate dominant factors that influence the customers’ decision to use the express bus. The study explores the case of express bus companies in Tay Ninh province, Vietnam. By using the structural equation model approach to analyze the data collected from 295 passengers, who have experienced in using the express bus, the results reveal that service quality has a significantly positive relationship with both perceived value and corporate image. Specifically, customer satisfaction and organizational image also positively influence behavioral intention. Meanwhile, service quality indirectly affects on behavioral intention throughout perceived value and corporate image. Based on the findings, we provided some insightful managerial implications and recommendations to managers of bus carriers, and valuable practical suggestions to policymakers in the local government of Tay Ninh province to improve the service quality to encourage more citizens to use the express bus.

The Role of Career Self-Efficacy on the Effect of Parental Career Behaviors on Career Exploration: A Study on School of Tourism and Hotel Management’ Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selahattin Kanten ◽  
Pelin Kanten ◽  
Murat Yeşiltaş
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Hotel Management ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to investigate the impact of parental career behaviors on undergraduate student’s career exploration and the mediating role of career self-efficacy. In the literature it is suggested that some social and individual factors facilitate students’ career exploration. Therefore, parental career behaviors and career self-efficacy is considered as predictors of student’s career exploration attitudes within the scope of the study. In this respect, data which are collected from 405 undergraduate students having an education on tourism and hotel management field by the survey method are analyzed by using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that parental career behaviors which are addressed support; interference and lack of engagement have a significant effect on student’s career exploration behaviors such as intended-systematic exploration, environment exploration and self-exploration. In addition, it has been found that one of the dimensions of parental career behaviors addressed as a lack of engagement has a significant effect on career self-efficacy levels of students. However, research results indicate that student’s career self-efficacy has a significant effect on only the self-exploration dimension. On the other hand, career self-efficacy has a partial mediating role between lack of engagement attitudes of parents and career exploration behaviors of students.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Job Competence between Safety Participation and Behavioral Compliance

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5783
Author(s):  
Jia-Ming Wang ◽  
Pin-Chao Liao ◽  
Guan-Biao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Behavioral Compliance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Chinese Company ◽  
Job Competence

The effective improvement of employee behavioral compliance and safety performance is an important subject related to the sustainable development of the construction industry. Based on data from a Chinese company (n = 290), this study used a partial least squares-structural equation model to clarify the relationship among safety participation, job competence, and behavioral compliance. Empirical analysis found that: (1) safety participation had a significant positive impact on employees’ behavioral compliance; and (2) job competence played a partial mediating role between safety participation and behavioral compliance. By selecting two new perspectives of safety participation and job competence, this study derived new factors affecting behavioral compliance, constructed a new theory about safety management, and conducted an in-depth discussion on improving behavioral compliance theoretically. Practically, the research put forward a new decision-making model, deconstructed the mechanism between safety participation and behavioral compliance, and provided new guiding strategies for improving employee behavioral compliance.

An Explanatory Model of Problematic Internet Use of Southern Spanish University Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 089443932199865
Author(s):  
José-María Romero-Rodríguez ◽  
José-Antonio Marín-Marín ◽  
Francisco-Javier Hinojo-Lucena ◽  
Gerardo Gómez-García
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Problematic Internet Use ◽  
Moderate Degree ◽  
Cross Sectional

The problematic Internet use (PIU) has become a topic of special relevance since it is a problem that affects the whole world. It has been detected that the population at greatest risk is university students along with adolescents. At the same time, Spain is one of the countries with the highest PIU rate. The purposes of this article were to analyze the presence and degree of Internet addiction among university students and to check the sociodemographic factors that influence the PIU. To this end, 13 hypotheses were put forward and contrasted using a structural equation model. The study adopted a cross-sectional approach by applying the Internet addiction test to a sample of undergraduate students in southern Spain ( n = 1,013). The results indicated a prevalence of PIU among students of almost 12.5% and with a moderate degree of addiction. In turn, the following hypotheses that had a significant effect on the PIU were supported: gender; field of knowledge; living in the parents’ home; Internet daily use for leisure; Internet daily use for academic purposes; number of social networks; sexual orientation; marital status. Finally, the main findings of the study were reviewed, and the main recommendations and implications for mitigating the negative effects of technology and enhancing the positive ones were established.

scholarly journals How Does the Appeal of Environmental Values Influence Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intention?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1070
Author(s):  
Huatao Peng ◽  
Bingbing Li ◽  
Chen Zhou ◽  
Bert M. Sadowski
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

Global challenges posed by climate change and environmental deterioration are increasingly driving entrepreneurship with sustainable entrepreneurial intention as a key driver in predicting entrepreneurial activities. Together with experience, the environmental values of an entrepreneur are vital for sustainable entrepreneurial intention. However, the extent to which experience is a key factor to start up a sustainable enterprise is still rather unclear. To study the role of experience, we derive from the theory of planned behaviour three factors (personal attitude, social norm and self-efficacy) to examine their impact on environmental values and sustainable entrepreneurial intention. Based on a meta-analysis, the overall directions and effect intensity of the different factors in this relationship can be investigated. We develop a structural equation model to explore the mechanism behind the interaction between the different variables. We utilize information from 37 scientific articles using 40 empirical samples, 117 effect sizes and 192,015 observations. We found that environmental values are indeed positively related to a sustainable entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, the relationship between environmental values and sustainable entrepreneurial intention is moderated by experience, as well as personal attitude, social norms and self-efficacy. In addition, environmental values are more positively related to the intention to set up a sustainable venture for entrepreneurs with low-experience compared to those entrepreneurs with high-experience. For policy makers and managers, it becomes important to stimulate environmental values to promote sustainable entrepreneurial intentions in order to stimulate the growth of sustainable enterprises. By enhancing these three factors, sustainable entrepreneurial behaviour can be facilitated by increasing entrepreneurs’ sustainable intention.

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