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To Explore the Research and Development Competence and School-to-Work Transition for Hospitality Students
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Ko, Wen-Hwa; Chen, Chieh-Ying – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This research focuses on the research and development competence and school-to-work transition on occupation selection for hospitality students with the use of social cognitive career theory. The positive attitude construct is the most identifiable for the research and development competences. For the school-to-work constructs, the most…
Descriptors: Hospitality Occupations, Education Work Relationship, Research and Development, Competence
Investigating Learner Attitudes toward E-Books as Learning Tools: Based on the Activity Theory Approach
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Liaw, Shu-Sheng; Huang, Hsiu-Mei – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
This paper investigates the use of e-books as learning tools in terms of learner satisfaction, usefulness, behavioral intention, and learning effectiveness. Based on the activity theory approach, this research develops a research model to understand learner attitudes toward e-books in two physical sizes: 10? and 7?. Results suggest that screen…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Effects of Online College Student's Internet Self-Efficacy on Learning Motivation and Performance
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Chang, Chiung-Sui; Liu, Eric Zhi-Feng; Sung, Hung-Yen; Lin, Chun-Hung; Chen, Nian-Shing; Cheng, Shan-Shan – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
This study investigates how Internet self-efficacy helps students to transform motivation into learning action, and its influence on learning performance. In this study, the effects of Internet self-efficacy on motivation and the learning performance of online college students were examined using social cognitive theory. The subjects of this study…
Descriptors: College Students, Electronic Learning, Internet, Self Efficacy
Investigation the Relationship among Language Learning Strategies, English Self-Efficacy, and Explicit Strategy Instructions
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Yang, Pei-Ling; Wang, Ai-Ling – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2015
The present study aims to investigate the relationship among EFL college learners' language learning strategies, English self-efficacy, and explicit strategy instruction from the perspectives of Social Cognitive Theory. Three constructs, namely language learning strategies, English learning self-efficacy, and explicit strategy instruction, were…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Linking Socioeconomic Status to Social Cognitive Career Theory Factors: A Partial Least Squares Path Modeling Analysis
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Huang, Jie-Tsuen; Hsieh, Hui-Hsien – Journal of Career Assessment, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the contributions of socioeconomic status (SES) in predicting social cognitive career theory (SCCT) factors. Data were collected from 738 college students in Taiwan. The results of the partial least squares (PLS) analyses indicated that SES significantly predicted career decision self-efficacy (CDSE);…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Social Theories, Epistemology, Least Squares Statistics
The Role of Career Barriers in High School Students' Career Choice Behavior in Taiwan
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Tien, Hsiu-Lan Shelley; Wang, Ying-Fen; Liu, Ling-Chun – Career Development Quarterly, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of career barriers in social cognitive career theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994). The participants were 584 high school students in Taiwan, Republic of China. The gender differences in perceived career barriers and career self-efficacy were significant. Results of hierarchical…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
Understanding Knowledge Sharing between IT Professionals--An Integration of Social Cognitive and Social Exchange Theory
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Tsai, Ming-Tien; Cheng, Nai-Chang – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
The research includes various constructs based on social exchange theory and social cognitive theory. This study mainly explored the relationships among organisational justice, trust, commitment and knowledge-sharing cognition and verified their mediating effects through two variables of trust and commitment. A survey utilising a questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Epistemology, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy