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Rungi, Mait – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2019
Purpose: Studies have found that founders of start-up companies are similar to students in certain psychological characteristics. Confirming this similarity would have methodological and phenomenological implications. Phenomenologically, students are a main source for recruitment in start-up companies. Methodologically, students are a more…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Entrepreneurship, Personality Traits, Values
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Anni Tamm; Pirko Tõugu; Tiia Tulviste – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
The study aimed to find out which differences and similarities emerge in the self-concepts of early and late adolescents and young, middle-aged, and older adults. A total of 822 participants, including 530 adolescents aged 9-19 (over 50% were girls) and 292 adults aged 20-71 (over 80% were women), from Estonia provided their spontaneous…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Age Differences, Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents
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Eisenschmidt, Eve; Kuusisto, Elina; Poom-Valickis, Katrin; Tirri, Kirsi – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2019
This study investigates how moral virtues create purpose for ethical leadership. Four exemplary principals, two from Estonia and two from Finland, were interviewed to study their perceptions of critical incidents in their work and how moral virtues are manifest in their reflections. The results of qualitative content analysis showed that the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Principals, School Administration, Moral Values
Watt, Helen M. G., Ed.; Richardson, Paul W., Ed.; Smith, Kari, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
Many studies of teacher motivation have been conducted in different contexts over time. However, until fairly recently there has not been a reliable measure available to allow comparisons across samples and settings. This has resulted in an abundance of findings which cannot be directly compared or synthesised. The FIT-Choice instrument offers the…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Career Choice, Global Approach, Student Teachers