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Bharucha, Jehangir – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: Within a connectivist learning model, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the adoption of social media for educational purposes in India, a hitherto unexplored area of research. The basic research thrust is on students' experiences when social media is incorporated into higher education. This research tries to gather evidence on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
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Jepsen, Denise M.; Varhegyi, Melinda M.; Teo, Stephen T. T. – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: Although learning styles and teaching quality have been studied separately, the association between the association between the two has yet to be identified. The purpose of this paper is to establish the relationship between students' learning styles with students' perceptions of teaching quality. Design/methodology/approach: The study…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Effectiveness, Cognitive Style, Educational Quality
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Ayoubi, Rami M.; Alzarif, Kahla; Khalifa, Bayan – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare the desired employability skills of business graduates in Syria from the perspective of both higher education policymakers and employers in the private sector. Design/Methodology/Approach: Interviews were conducted with 12 higher education policymakers and managers from the business sector. Content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Business Administration Education
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Ismail, Annafatmawaty B. T.; Sawang, Sukanlaya; Zolin, Roxanne – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to answer the research question: "Do different pedagogies used in teaching entrepreneurship education influence individual skill development, which then in turn translates into a likelihood of entrepreneurial implementation intention?" Design/methodology/approach: The number of total participants for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods
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Vorley, Tim; Williams, Nick – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of smartphone apps in fostering effectual thinking. The paper considers both the effectual development of entrepreneurial ideas and the associated change in entrepreneurial confidence and perceived entrepreneurial skills of students at a UK Higher Education Institution.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Entrepreneurship
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Nkhoma, Clara Akuzike; Thomas, Susan; Nkhoma, Mathews Zanda; Sriratanaviriyakul, Narumon; Truong, Trang Huyen; Vo, Hung Xuan – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: Despite the growing body of literature demonstrating the role of communication in educational settings, there are limited up-to-date studies exploring the use of an instant messaging (IM) tool and its impacts on students' learning outcomes, especially in the tertiary education in Vietnam. This study approached IM as an out-of-class…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, College Freshmen, Business Administration Education
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Greenbank, Paul – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: In order to compete for positional advantage in the graduate labour market students need more than a good degree classification. The evidence suggests that participation in extra-curricular activities (ECAs) can have a significant influence on labour market outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extracurricular Activities, Undergraduate Students, Student Participation
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Bowden, Mark P.; Abhayawansa, Subhash; Bahtsevanoglou, John – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: There is evidence that students who attend Technical and Further Education (TAFE) prior to entering higher education underperform in their first year of study. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of self-efficacy in understanding the performance of students who completed TAFE in the previous year in a first year subject of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Higher Education, Self Efficacy, Microeconomics
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Lindorff, Margaret; Jonson, Elizabeth Prior – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between CEO business education and firm financial performance. Design/methodology/approach: An analysis of the relationship between three-year and five-year shareholder return as measured by dividend and change in share price and CEO educational qualification was performed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Business, Correlation
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Heimler, Ronald; Rosenberg, Stuart; Morote, Elsa-Sofia – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use the authors' prior findings concerning basic employability skills in order to determine which skills best predict career advancement potential. Design/methodology/approach: Utilizing survey responses of human resource managers, the employability skills showing the largest relationships to career…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Structural Equation Models, Job Performance, Numeracy
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Avramenko, Alex – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce an approach to business simulation with less dependence on business simulation software to provide innovative work experience within a programme of study, to boost students' confidence and employability. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on analysis of existing business simulation…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Theory Practice Relationship, Work Experience, Reflective Teaching
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Dinh Tho, Nguyen – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: Realizing the role of signals in the evaluation of teaching quality as well as the advantage of a set-theoretic approach to education research, the purpose of this paper is to employ a signaling framework and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to configure the roles of signal quality, including signal consistency, signal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Teacher Effectiveness
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van Gelderen, Marco – Education & Training, 2010
Purpose: This paper has three purposes: first, to present a vision of entrepreneurship education that has the student's capacity for autonomous action as its ultimate aim; second, to convince the reader of the timeliness and relevance of such an approach; third, to outline how this can be implemented. Design/methodology/approach: The paper…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Personal Autonomy
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Sitlington, Helen Barbara; Coetzer, Alan John – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of the use of the Delphi technique to support curriculum development with a view to enhancing existing literature on use of the technique for renewal of business course curricula. Design/methodology/approach: The authors outline the Delphi process for obtaining consensus amongst a…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Business Administration Education
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Wallace, Michelle; Byrne, Cathy; Vocino, Andrea; Sloan, Terry; Pervan, Simon J.; Blackman, Deborah – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics of the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) in Australia through the lens of a changing higher education landscape. The paper reflects on issues raised in a previous analysis of DBA programmes undertaken a decade ago, and highlights persistent challenges and emerging opportunities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change
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