scholarly journals The Influence of Student Support Programs upon the Academic Success of Nontraditional Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Allen Dauer ◽  
Beverly Absher
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Nontraditional Students ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Student Attrition ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Traditional Student ◽  
Study Results ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The profile of the typical college student attending a 4-year institution is changing. Trends<br />indicate that while the population of traditional students, aged 18-22, remains flat or is<br />declining, the population of nontraditional students, aged 24 and older, is increasing. As a<br />result, nontraditional students have become the new traditional student population. Despite<br />this shift in student demographics, many colleges and universities have been slow to respond<br />to the changing needs of their student populations. Consequently, nontraditional students are<br />forced to navigate an academic environment that is ill equipped to provide the unique support<br />they need to achieve academic success. Previous studies have primarily focused on the<br />academic success of nontraditional students in relation to student attrition and retention. The<br />purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant relationship between the<br />academic success of nontraditional students and the use of student support programs. Data<br />from the 2011 National Survey of Engagement were used for the study. Results from this<br />study indicate that there is a direct correlation between the use of student support programs<br />and the academic success of nontraditional students; however, the relationship is weak. In<br />addition, age and gender were found to influence some of the relationships between academic<br />success and the use of student support programs. In contrast, race or ethnicity was not shown<br />to influence the relationships between the variables of interest. Findings may help leaders in<br />higher education to make more informed and strategic decisions regarding student support<br />programs and resource allocation.</p>

scholarly journals Relationship Between Teachers Leadership Styles and Students Academic Achievement

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 360-366
Author(s):  
Abdur Rashid ◽  
Roohul Amin ◽  
Shabir Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
School Effectiveness ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Leadership styles play an important role and position in pedagogical activities and school effectiveness because they play a major role in the learning process. The current study looked at the relationship between teacher leadership styles (including democratic, autocratic, transformational and transactional) and student academic achievement at the university level. Head of the Departments of Social Sciences and Master degree students made up the study population. Twenty-nine Heads of Departments (HODs) and two hundred and six students from five public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtukhawa were selected through simple random and stratified (proportionate) sampling techniques. Data was collected through a questionnaire, the reliability co-efficient of which was 0.72 and 0.82 for HODs and students respectively. The data collected was analyzed using Mean, Standard Deviation and Pearson Correlation. The study results indicate that teacher leadership styles are strongly linked to student academic success

scholarly journals Study of personal social and psychological qualities of the bailiff service officers

2020 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 19024
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Pyatkina ◽  
Elena Grinina ◽  
Tanzilya Rudzinskaya ◽  
Larisa Shipova
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Selection Test ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Factor ◽  
Psychological Features ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article presents the results of the study of the personal socio-psychological features in the bailiff service officers. The study involved 675 bailiff executors, 410 men (60.7%) and 265 women (39.3%) aged 21 to 59 years. In our study, we used a number of diagnosis tools, such as MMPI - a multifactorial questionnaire for the personality study, Brief Indicative Selection Test developed by V.N. Buzin and E.F. Wonderlic, K. Leonhard - N. Shmishek diagnostic test to determine character accentuations, the projective technique "House-Tree-Person" by J. Book, as well as observations and interviews. Our study revealed mean indicators of intellectual development level related to the range of values "above average", absence of pronounced character accentuations with a tendency to hypertension and demonstrativeness and risks of a tendency to depression and rigidity. The analysis showed the relationship of certain characteristics to the subjects’ age and gender. Factor analysis identified the major social and psychological personality traits of bailiffs which are the most significant for their professional activities. The study results can be used for professional psychological selection of bailiff service officers, their psychological support and the development of techniques in order to prevent burnout syndrome and professional deformation.

Behavioral and Psychological Factors Related to the Use of Nutritional Ergogenic Aids among Preadolescents

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caterina Pesce ◽  
Alessandro Donati ◽  
Luciana Magrì ◽  
Lucio Cereatti ◽  
Michelangelo Giampietro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Athletic Participation ◽  
Ergogenic Aids ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Sport Training ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Ego Orientation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

The use of ergogenic aids is common in sport, even among preadolescent athletes (8,15,25). The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between preadolescents’ use of nutritional ergogenic aids (creatine and amino acids) and gender, age, athletic participation, and sport-relevant psychological factors (i.e., sport success motivation, task and ego orientation, self-efficacy). Two thousand four hundred fifty 11- to 13-year-old children participated in this study. Results suggest that substance use increases with age, especially among male preadolescents; that gender differences are particularly marked among older preadolescents; and that a high commitment to sport training represents a risk factor of ergogenic supplementation only when it is linked to certain psychological dispositions, such as a high ego orientation and a low task orientation.

Culture and regional innovation performance: an exploration in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemin Song ◽  
Yingying Zhang-Zhang ◽  
Mu Tian ◽  
Sylvia Rohlfer ◽  
Nora Sharkasi
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Orientation ◽  
Gender Egalitarianism ◽  
Study Results ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in China where innovation is deemed as a key for sustainable economic development. The diversity of China’s regional culture and its rising economic and innovative capability enhancement provides an opportunity for such an exploration. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts the GLOBE’s nine cultural dimensions to empirically examine the relationship between culture and Chinese regional innovation performance through multiple regression analysis. Findings The study results find that performance orientation and gender egalitarianism have positive and significant influences on regional innovation performance, while institutional collectivism has a negative and significant influence. The remaining six GLOBE cultural dimensions show no significant effect on regional innovation performance. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research exploring the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in a Chinese context by using GLOBE’s cultural dimensions that are deemed as a valuable empirical alternative to Hofstede’s cultural measures. The results of this study help further the understanding of the cultural influence in China’s regional innovation performance.

scholarly journals Fabricators and End-Users of Single-Pot Biomass Stoves: Conceptualizing, Hypothesis and Performance Metrics for Developing Energy Sustainability Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7098
Author(s):  
George Yaw Obeng ◽  
Ebenezer Mensah ◽  
Richard Opoku
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
End Users ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Design Resources ◽  
Biomass Stoves ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

In this study, interviewer-based questionnaires of 67 variables were administered to local fabricators and end-users of single-pot biomass stoves (SPBS) in Ghana. Additionally, two randomly selected traditional and improved SPBS were lab-tested using standard performance metrics. From the study, the relationship between fabricators and end-users was conceptualized based on selected indicators and assumptions. The study results indicated that the primary design resources for fabrication were patterns and templates, and that major challenges to fabrication were lack of training in design principles, standards and safety, poor emission efficiency and financial sustainability. Whereas end-users of improved SPBS were less affected by heat and smoke, end-users of traditional SPBS were mostly affected. From hypothesis test, because the calculated χ2cal = 24.05, and is greater than the tabulated χ2crit = 3.841, it is concluded that there is a relationship between heat, smoke effect and gender, and that female end-users of traditional SPBS were particularly affected during cooking. The traditional SPBS emitted more CO2 and CO than improved SPBS. Comparatively, 38% more end-users of traditional SPBS observed charcoal ash residue in the cooking area than improved SPBS users. Four basic practices of managing ashes from SPBS are developed. Finally, a fabricator and end-user framework are developed for energy sustainability and quality improvement.

Courage in the workplace: The effects of organizational level and gender on the relationship between behavioral courage and job performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 899-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Tkachenko ◽  
Louis N. Quast ◽  
Wei Song ◽  
Soebin Jang
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Study Results ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis study examines the relationship between behavioral courage and job performance, and explores the possible effects of organizational level and gender on this relationship. With a sample of managers from mid- to large-sized for-profit organizations in the United States, we found that behavioral courage was positively associated with job performance. Our results also revealed significant differences in supervisors’ ratings of behavioral courage between employees at low and high organizational levels. The effects of behavioral courage on job performance did not vary by organizational level. In turn, the moderating effect of gender on the association between behavioral courage and job performance was supported. The study results provide important theoretical and practical implications in the fields of organizational behavior, leadership studies, and human resource development. Recommendations for future research are discussed.

The Relationship of Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Gender-Role Orientation in Four National Samples

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan J. Troche ◽  
Nina Weber ◽  
Karina Hennigs ◽  
Carl-René Andresen ◽  
Thomas H. Rammsayer
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Gender Role Orientation ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Fourth Finger ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. The ratio of second to fourth finger length (2D:4D ratio) is sexually dimorphic with women having higher 2D:4D ratio than men. Recent studies on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation yielded rather inconsistent results. The present study examines the moderating influence of nationality on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation, as assessed with the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, as a possible explanation for these inconsistencies. Participants were 176 female and 171 male university students from Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden ranging in age from 19 to 32 years. Left-hand 2D:4D ratio was significantly lower in men than in women across all nationalities. Right-hand 2D:4D ratio differed only between Swedish males and females indicating that nationality might effectively moderate the sexual dimorphism of 2D:4D ratio. In none of the examined nationalities was a reliable relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation obtained. Thus, the assumption of nationality-related between-population differences does not seem to account for the inconsistent results on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation.

The Relationship between Body Image and Exercise Adherence in Fitness Centre Exercising Sample

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (80) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasa Jankauskienė ◽  
Brigita Miežienė
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Exercise Adherence ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Body Self ◽  
The Relationship

Research background and hypothesis. The analysis of factors which might infl uence exercise adherence is important issue for physical activity promotion. Studies show that exercisers’ body image is important factor associated with well being, exercise motivation and specifi c exercise–related behaviour.Research aim was is to examine the relationship between exercise adherence, body image and social physique anxiety in a sample of fi tness centre participants. Research methods. Members of fi tness centres (n = 217, 66 of them were women) provided their answers on exercise experience, in three subscales (appearance evaluation, appearance orientation and overweight preoccupation) of The Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ-AS; Brown et al., 1990) and Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart et al., 1989). Mean age of the sample was 29.02 (9.85) years (range = 18–68 years).Research results. Women demonstrated higher appearance orientation, overweight preoccupation and social physique anxiety compared to men. However, we observed no signifi cant differences in appearance evaluation, appearance orientation and overweight preoccupation in the groups of different exercise experience of men and women. When overweight respondents (≥ 25 kg / m²) were excluded from the analysis, there were no statistically signifi cant differences observed in body image and social physique anxiety in exercise experience groups of men and women. Exercising longer than 6 years signifi cantly predicted overweight preoccupation [95% CI: 1.25–16.94] controlled by age and gender. Discussion and conclusions. Exercising men demonstrated more positive body image and lower social physique anxiety compared to women, except for appearance evaluation. There were observed no body image and social physique relationships with exercise adherence observed in the sample of fi tness centre participants, however, exercise experience longer than 6 years predicted overweight preoccupation.Keywords: body image concerns, exercise experience, self-presentation.

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