FIRO-B, Machiavellianism, and Teams

2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1187-1193 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. K. Macrosson ◽  
J. H. Semple
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Correlational Study

A correlational study using the Mach IV and FIRO-B questionnaires examined the attitudes of 120 postgraduate and undergraduate students, the majority of whom had significant work experience. A curvilinear relationship observed between the FIRO-B and Mach IV scales calls into question an aspect of Will Schutz's prescription for interpersonal compatibility.

Using Hard Times to Teach Business Ethics

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 165-182
Author(s):  
Michael Stodnick ◽  
Nancy Schreiber ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Real World ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Classroom Discussions ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
Business Principles ◽  
Business Setting

In this research we employ an inter-disciplinary project that uses active learning theory to help bridge the gap between a university’s extensive liberal arts core and its business program. We believe this project will improve and enrich classroom discussions of the more complex and nuanced issues found in the application of business principles. To redress the fact that many undergraduate students do not have extensive work experience to draw on when discussing the application of business ethics principles, we present a project that uses a classic novel, Hard Times, to improve students’ abilities to contextualize and apply common business ethics frameworks. The project focuses on active learning and non-linear thinking, and aims to immerse the student in a fictional environment that models the complexity of, without being identical to, a real world business setting.

Preparing the Next Generation of Marine Technicians: MATE's At-Sea Internship Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Deidre Sullivan ◽  
Nandita Sarkar ◽  
Tami Lunsford
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
Art Research ◽  
Technical Professionals ◽  
Research Equipment ◽  
Substantial Effort ◽  
Gain Access

AbstractTraining programs that prepare students for careers in marine technology are few, mainly because it is prohibitively expensive for most programs to offer substantial time at sea working with state-of-the-art research equipment. Students who choose to pursue marine technical careers are often caught in the paradox of not being able to acquire a job without work experience and not being able to get work experience without a job. At-sea technical internships help undergraduate students gain the experience they need for gainful employment in the marine field, and ocean-related employers gain access to qualified technical professionals who can fill their workforce needs.The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center's marine technical internship program began in 1999. Since its inception, the program has placed more than 300 students in at-sea and shore-based internship positions. MATE interns work with marine technicians and scientists onboard research vessels, and these experiences provide them with the opportunity to develop their technical, scientific, seamanship, and interpersonal skills. The program makes a substantial effort to recruit students in groups who are traditionally underrepresented in science and technical disciplines.

The effect of leader risk-taking on subordinate felt trust

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Thomas Hanna ◽  
Alexandria K. Elms ◽  
Harjinder Gill ◽  
David J. Stanley ◽  
Deborah M. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Relational Leadership ◽  
Crowd Sourcing ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
High Importance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Felt Trust

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how leaders’ behaviour and subordinates’ personality can impact subordinates’ feelings of being trusted. Feeling trusted by one’s leader is associated with increased performance, organisational citizenship behaviours and job satisfaction (Baer et al., 2015; Lester and Brower, 2003).Design/methodology/approachParticipants read a vignette in which a leader’s behaviour was manipulated and then rated the extent to which they felt trusted. Participants in Sample 1 consisted of 726 undergraduate students with work experience, and Sample 2 consisted of 1,196 people with work experience recruited over CrowdFlower, a crowd-sourcing website.FindingsResults from both samples indicate that a leader delegating a task increases subordinate felt trust, for Sample 1p<0.001,d=0.75 and for Sample 2p<0.001,d=0.90. Further, subordinate felt trust increases when the task delegated is of high importance, for Sample 1p<0.001,d=0.42 and for Sample 2p<0.001,d=0.58. The likelihood of the delegated task resulting in negative outcomes and subordinate propensity to trust have negligible effects on felt trust.Originality/valueDespite the organisational benefits of felt trust, it is still unclear how to elicit subordinates’ felt trust. This study is one of the first to empirically examine leader behaviour that may lead subordinates to feel trusted in the workplace. These findings support theoretical underpinnings of the relational leadership model and the risk-based model of trust.

A critical perspective on industry involvement in higher education learning: Enhancing graduates’ knowledge and skills for job creation in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 095042222091965
Author(s):  
Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie ◽  
Chinyere Augusta Nwajiuba ◽  
Beatrice Eneje ◽  
Michael Olayinka Binuomote ◽  
Christian Ehiobuche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Career Training ◽  
Rich Information ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Development Of Students

This study explores how Nigerian higher education institutions can facilitate industry involvement in the design of programmes and activities that enhance the development of students’ knowledge and skills for business start-ups, leading to job creation. Using interview and focus group methodologies, the researchers obtained rich information from 50 participants, including higher education teachers, final year undergraduate students who had taken part in the compulsory Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme and industry executives with an understanding of how industry can make a meaningful contribution to learning in higher education. Focusing on four dominant themes from the thematic analysis, the authors analyse the factors that contribute to students’ knowledge and skill development. Building on human capital theory, they make recommendations for curriculum restructuring, renewed pedagogical approaches and competencies, building linkages between higher education and industry and career training and mentoring to enhance the development of students’ knowledge and skills for job creation.

Predicting the effect of work values on workplace communication environment and job quality of tertiary students

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-261
Author(s):  
Sow Hup Joanne Chan ◽  
Moez Ben Yedder ◽  
Krisee Vipulakom
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Workplace Communication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Communication Environment

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between work values (WV) and expectations in terms of job quality (JQ) and workplace communication environment (WCE) of undergraduate students. Whether there are significant differences in terms of WV, JQ and WCE among cultural and demographic variables was also assessed. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 795 undergraduate students in China, Thailand and United Arab Emirates was conducted. Structural equation modeling and a series of one-way analysis of variance tests was carried out. Findings WV have significant effects on JQ expectations and WCE. This study identifies extrinsic values as the most important WV of the future job market entrants. There are differences in culture, gender and work experience between the three samples in the variables under investigation. Research limitations/implications The study relied on the self-reported responses in one university in each site. Data on the undergraduate students’ major and academic performance was not collected. Practical implications Job seekers are more likely to choose jobs and WCE that are similar to their personal work value orientation. The study underscores the importance of WV as important motivators in the workplace. Originality/value This study is the first to compare the WV, JQ and WCE across multiple nations. The study underscores the importance of JQ and WCE as important motivators in the workplace.

scholarly journals The Linkage between Active Learning Method and Industrial Work Experience among Vocational Technology Undergraduate Students in Rivers State of Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
S.W. Wodi
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Creative Teaching ◽  
Transferable Skills ◽  
Industrial Work ◽  
Quality Feedback ◽  
Active Learning Method ◽  
Industry And Education ◽  
Rivers State

In an ever-changing and increasingly competitive environment, educational institutions are continually looking at methods to improve their teaching and attract students to their courses. Students likewise are becoming more selective when choosing an institution in which to study and are more focused on the longer-term employability offered by various courses. This paper looks at this changing environment from both the industry and education perspectives, and examines one exercise, an information feedback method, which is attempting to link education closer to the world of work, by providing students with the rele­vant transferable skills. The empirical research conducted among the students on completion of their industrial work experience gave very positive results, with students feeling that their interpersonal skills had been greatly enhanced and that creative teaching methods such as these provided them with a competitive advantage when enter­ing the job market. In addition to satisfying students' requirements, the research results also show that exercises of this type more fully meet the needs of the concept of deep learning', where students are given a more participatory part in their educational process. We conclude that future educational curricula should include an increasing number of activity based method by providing a better balance between the theoretical and practical elements of education and industry Keywords: Quality Feedback, Activity method, Acquisitive skills, Creative teaching

scholarly journals Digital Collaborative Framework for Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme and Sustainability in Federal Polytechnic Offa, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
AbdulAkeem O. Otunola ◽  
Abdullateef O. Alabi ◽  
A. T. Abdullateef ◽  
M. K. Lawal ◽  
N. O. Olanipekun
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Industrial Training ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Industrial Work ◽  
Core Courses

Graduate training is one of the core courses offered in all polytechnics systems in Nigeria, each polytechnic gives orientation programmes and deploys students for industrial training once a year. These processes of pen on paper method throw serious challenges because of time authorization and time frame. Placement of undergraduate students looking for relevant Industrial Training (IT) attachment is becoming worrisome. This research tends to provide a web based solution called Digital Collaborative Framework (DCF) for Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) and sustainability in Federal Polytechnic Offa, Nigeria. This is to bridge the gap between educational institutions and the industries subject to training and re-training perspectives. The stakeholders can easily turn DCF into e-administrative tools, then allow students to get industrial placement relevant to their field of studies. The research proposed to develop a productive web application using Codeigniter Php framework. This research will serve as a cloud database to students, staff and other stakeholders and create access to examine, monitor and measure students’ performance at the end of the (SIWES) scheme.

scholarly journals FUTURE SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGH WORK IN STEM OUTREACH

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Romkey ◽  
Tracy Ross ◽  
Daniel Munro
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Youth Program ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Instructor Experience ◽  
Undergraduate Science ◽  
The Impact

This paper represents the experience and self-reported skill development of undergraduate Science and Engineering outreach instructors, who were working primarily online during the global pandemic in 2020. This work is part of a larger multi-year project designed to articulate the learning and employability skills gained by a pan-Canadian group of undergraduates, by way of theirtraining and work experience as youth program Instructors delivering STEM outreach activities for youth. The development of these skills was measured using a post-program survey, in which undergraduate instructors were asked a number of questions about their skill development. Instructors noted development most significantly in (1) teamwork and collaboration; (2) adaptability and flexibility: (3) communication, (4) leadership, (5) innovation and creativity, and (6)initiative. A significant theme noted was the learning that took place from the sudden shift to teaching remotely and working through a pandemic. Although the focus of STEM Outreach research & evaluation is often on the impact of the program on its participants, this work demonstrates the value of the instructor experience, and how this work can leverage other post-secondary initiatives designed to prepare undergraduates for their careers.

scholarly journals Development and Integration of an Instructional Garden in Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis P. Stimart
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The University

The Allen Centennial Gardens are instructional gardens managed by the Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Twenty-two garden styles exist on the 2.5-acre (1.0-ha) campus site with a primary focus on herbaceous annual, biennial and perennial ornamental plants. The gardens are used for instruction mostly by the Department of Horticulture and secondly by departments of art, botany, entomology, landscape architecture, plant pathology, and soils. Class work sessions are limited due to the gardens' prominence on campus, high aesthetic standards, space restrictions, and large class sizes. Undergraduate students are the primary source of labor for plant propagation, installation and maintenance; management; and preparation of interpretive literature. Work experience at the gardens assists students with obtaining career advances in ornamental horticulture. Future challenges include initiating greater faculty use of the gardens for instruction and creating innovative ways to use the gardens to enhance instruction.

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