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Shikun Li; Guofang Li – SAGE Open, 2024
As the primary and immediate learning context, schools are underrepresented in learner autonomy studies. Scholars' concerns over the intricate nature of schools lead to inadequate attention on the medium of learner autonomy development. To fill this research gap, a convergent mixed method design included a self-developed questionnaire, and four…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Majors (Students)
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Dong, Xiaoxi; Huang, Fan; Shi, Xiangyun; Xu, Menglin; Yan, Zengyin; Türegün, Mehmet – SAGE Open, 2023
The study aims to examine the mediation effects of physical literacy and physical activity behavior in a relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction among Chinese college students during the real-life Coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) circumstance. This study implemented a cross-sectional design, and 1,516 participants…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students
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Melissa Ng Lee Yen Abdullah; Tan Saw Fen; Mohd Ali Samsudin; Sim Tze Ying; Fung Chorng Yuan – SAGE Open, 2024
Online learning is on the rise, and it is becoming an important mode of learning in higher education. However, there are limited models that explain the link between learners' characteristics, learning processes, and outcomes in an online learning environment. This study aims to examine the influence of online self-regulation on the experiences…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Electronic Learning, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education
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Bulbul Ahamed; Mohammad Rashed Hasan Polas; Ahmed Imran Kabir; Abu Saleh Md. Sohel-Uz-Zaman; Abdullah Al Fahad; Saima Chowdhury; Mrittika Rani Dey – SAGE Open, 2024
The purpose of the study is to examine how cybersecurity knowledge, password security, and self-perception of skill affect cybersecurity awareness issues via the mediating lens of cybersecurity attitude among university students in Bangladesh. A sample of 430 university students from two public and three private universities provided the data in…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Information Security, Knowledge Level, College Students
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Sia Woon Teen; Tan Jih Huei; Lee Tiong Chan; Tay Jia Chyi – SAGE Open, 2024
COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic and unprecedented challenges to the medical education and medical students, affecting them physically, mentally and emotionally. While progressing through the post-pandemic recovery phase, it is crucial to comprehensively evaluate the pandemic's consequences and tackle the underlying problems. To investigate…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Medical Students, Mental Health
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Javed, Yasir; Ahmad, Shakil; Khahro, Shabir Hussain – SAGE Open, 2020
Research discovers new knowledge, ideas, and technologies essential in driving the future of society and humanity. Without research, a relevant and modern country cannot exist. Similarly, the research output of universities and degree-awarding institutes (DAIs) plays a significant role in higher education and development of any country. Research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Evaluation, Bibliometrics
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Ghasemy, Majid; Hussin, Sufean; Megat Daud, Megat Ahmad Kamaluddin; Md Nor, Mariani; Ghavifekr, Simin; Kenayathulla, Husaina Banu – SAGE Open, 2018
This qualitative inquiry aims at identifying the main issues in Malaysian higher education (HE) system and its sectors from the perspectives of Malaysian academic leaders. For this purpose, four open-ended questions were distributed among 2,786 academic leaders in 25 universities. More than 235 completed questionnaires were collected, containing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Ghasemy, Majid; Hussin, Sufean Bin; Abdul Razak, Ahmad Zabidi Bin; Maah, Mohd Jamil Bin; Ghavifekr, Simin – SAGE Open, 2018
The study was undertaken to identify the essential leadership capabilities and managerial competencies as the key leadership performance drivers in Malaysian focused universities. To collect data, the previously developed scales of capabilities, competencies, and leadership performance in the context of Malaysian Higher Education (HE) were…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Al-Jubari, Ibrahim – SAGE Open, 2019
The purpose of this study is to test an integrated entrepreneurial motivation and intention model based on self-determination theory (SDT) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Particularly, it aims at testing the direct and indirect effects of the basic psychological needs satisfaction of SDT, that is, autonomy, competence, and relatedness on…
Descriptors: College Students, Entrepreneurship, Intention, Self Determination
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Dinibutun, Sait Revda; Kuzey, Cemil; Dinc, Muhammet Sait – SAGE Open, 2020
Organizational climate, that is, the atmosphere surrounding an organization, unites features with individual, organizational, and environmental characteristics that affect the behaviors of individuals within the organization. Burnout is accepted as a syndrome that often occurs in people who work together with others. Faculty members in…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, College Faculty, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
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Walker, Adam G. – SAGE Open, 2015
Private monetary contributions and the role of athletics are topics of discussion at nearly all institutions, and thus any relationship between the two has become increasingly valuable to determine donor motivations. This quantitative research study analyzed universities' overall private contributions to determine whether there was a significant…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Educational Finance, Private Financial Support
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Yasmeen, Saima; Alam, Muhammad Tayyab; Mushtaq, Muhammad; Alam Bukhari, Maqsud – SAGE Open, 2015
The study was designed to compare availability and use of information technology in the subject of education in public and private universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The objectives of the study were, first, to highlight the status of information technology in public and private universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi; second, to compare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education