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Julie A. Timmermans; Vijay Kumar – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
A full academic career encompasses both successes and failures. The purpose of this study was to delve into academic successes and failures, going beyond the conventional focus on objective measures, such as performance, rankings, and funding. Through semi-structured interviews with twelve senior academics from seven countries, we explored…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Success
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Day, Frederick C.; Burbach, Mark E. – Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership, 2015
A unique challenge for organizations is in leading diverse, dispersed teams whose members are motivated to work independently, but are willing to collaborate. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how nuanced variations in motivational patterns influences the relationship between work satisfaction and virtual team…
Descriptors: Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Teamwork, Mixed Methods Research
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Klassen, Robert M.; Aldhafri, Said; Mansfield, Caroline F.; Purwanto, Edy; Siu, Angela F. Y.; Wong, Marina W.; Woods-McConney, Amanda – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
This study explored the validity of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale in a sample of 853 practicing teachers from Australia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), Indonesia, and Oman. The authors used multigroup confirmatory factor analysis to test the factor structure and measurement invariance across settings, after which they examined the relationships…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Downey, Steve; Wentling, Rose Mary; Wentling, Tim; Wadsworth, Andrew – Online Submission, 2004
This study sought to measure the relationship between national culture and the usability of an e-Learning system by using Hofstede's cultural dimensions and Nielson's usability attributes. The study revealed that high uncertainty avoidance cultures found the system more frustrating to use. The study also revealed that individuals from cultures…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Gender Differences, Individualism, User Satisfaction (Information)