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Direct linkAffum-Osei, Emmanuel; Goto, Sharon G.; Yeung, June Chun; Wang, Rong; Lam, Hodar; Abdul-Nasiru, Inusah; Chan, Darius K.-S. – Journal of Career Development, 2021
This study validates Shane et al.'s Entrepreneurial Career Motives Scale across nations. A total sample of 948 undergraduate and postgraduate students from five nations (China = 229, Hong Kong = 213, Holland = 136, United States = 155, and Ghana = 215) were recruited to complete a survey designed to measure their entrepreneurial motives and other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Entrepreneurship, Questionnaires
Creed, Allison; McIlveen, Peter – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2018
In this paper, we present the Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit (MIPVU) for the reliable detection of metaphoric language that may be interpreted using extant vocational psychology theory. Metaphors are ubiquitous in communication and carry influential meaning for people. To illustrate MIPVU, we use transcripts of interviews…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Interviews, College Students, Student Attitudes
van Rooij, E. C. M.; Fokkens-Bruinsma, M.; Goedhart, M. J. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2020
The STEM teacher shortage in secondary education makes it important to investigate who is interested in becoming a STEM teacher, so that recruitment initiatives can be adjusted to these students' characteristics. A latent profile analysis on data from 905 STEM university students identified two types of students with teaching aspirations. The…
Descriptors: Identification, STEM Education, Teacher Shortage, Vocational Interests
Mittendorff, Kariene; Faber, Marike; Staman, Laura – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2017
In order to lower dropout rates and stimulate student success in higher education, the Dutch government implemented a new law demanding that every higher education institute offer a matching activity to applying students. This article evaluates how students and teachers experience this matching activity. Data were collected in a Dutch university…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Interviews
Korpershoek, Hanke; Kuyper, Hans; Bosker, Roel; van der Werf, Greetje – Research Papers in Education, 2013
The main aim of the present study was to investigate why some students do not continue in science-oriented studies in higher education despite that their previous career in secondary education proved that they were interested and suitably qualified to do so. We introduced a new approach to deal with these students' attitudes towards science,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Attitudes, Influences, Attribution Theory
Moriano, Juan A.; Gorgievski, Marjan; Laguna, Mariola; Stephan, Ute; Zarafshani, Kiumars – Journal of Career Development, 2012
The current research aims to shed light on the role of culture in the formation of career intentions. It draws on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB; Ajzen), which has been widely employed to predict intentions, including entrepreneurial career intentions, but past research has almost exclusively been conducted in "Western" countries.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship
Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education
Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education
