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Buli, Bereket Mamo; Yesuf, Wasihun Mohammed – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that could explain the difference in entrepreneurial intention (EI) among technical-vocational education and training (TVET) program students. Centered on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the paper aims to contribute to the understanding of factors that affect EIs of students and offer…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Intention, Vocational Education, Student Surveys
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Noone, Jack H.; Stephens, Christine; Alpass, Fiona – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Although a substantial proportion of the western population is approaching retirement age, little is known about how they are preparing for the future. Much attention has been paid to the consumption of educational material and retirement wealth in the present literature, but the process of retirement planning has been ignored. S. L. Friedman and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Retirement, Preretirement Education, Measures (Individuals)
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Nicolaidis, Christos S.; Koutroumpezi, Evangelia – Industry and Higher Education, 2008
This paper examines empowerment as a strategy, from the resource-based perspective, for the development of Greek tertiary education. As the literature suggests, empowerment enables individuals to make decisions and simultaneously take responsibility for their actions. Moreover, it increases the quality of research and teaching procedures as well…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Postsecondary Education, Self Efficacy, Factor Analysis
Hughes, Georgia K.; Copley, Lisa D.; Howley, Caitlin W.; Meehan, Merrill L. – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
Building capacity within schools and districts for continuous improvement is a goal of educators at all levels across the United States of America. An important first step in capacity building is identifying schools' current strengths and weaknesses. Schools can then begin building upon existing strengths to implement improvement initiatives.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, School Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement