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Peer reviewedTang, Li-Ping Thomas – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Studies the effects of the Protestant work ethic and performance feedback on intrinsic motivation in a sample of Taiwanese university students. Divides subjects into three groups according to work ethic measurement: high, intermediate, and low. Suggests students with a low work ethic exert more effort when challenged. (NL)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMaqsud, Muhammad; Coleman, Mary F. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1993
Asserts that research indicates that parents have a strong influence on the development of their children's achievement motivation. Reports a study of 180 Bophuthatswana adolescents to determine the effects of living in a boarding school or with family. Finds significantly higher achievement motivation scores for the adolescents living with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Family Influence, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHarrison, Allison W.; Rainer, R. Kelly, Jr.; Hochwarter, Wayne A.; Thompson, Kenneth R. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1997
Briefly reviews Albert Bandura's Self-Efficacy Performance Model (ability to perform a task is influenced by an individual's belief in their capability). Tests this model with a sample of 776 university employees and computer-related knowledge and skills. Results supported Bandura's thesis. Includes statistical tables and a discussion of related…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Educational Psychology
Download full textSondgeroth, Mary S.; Stough, Laura M. – 1992
This study explored how motivational and achievement factors interact and affect persistence in minority undergraduate engineering students. Study participants were 38 entering Mexican and African American college students in an engineering program at a large, southwestern university in the Fall of 1990. Each student was assigned to a peer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Students
