...Bright Asare; Yarhands Dissou Arthur Purpose The study aimed to examine the effect of university students’ prior knowledge in mathematics as a predictor of problem-solving confidence and self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a quantitative research design. The study...

...Bright Asare; Yarhands Dissou Arthur; Francis Ohene Boateng; Benjamin Adu Obeng; Ernest Larbi; Josph Frank Gordon; Sadri Alija Purpose This study investigates the influence of interactive Ethno-STEM learning on the development of 21st-century skills among university mathematics students...

...Sanjay Krishnapratap Pawar Purpose University brand management has changed significantly in the X and Facebook era. A better understanding of this change is critical to the university’s brand performance. To this end, this study aims to offer a comprehensive review of the literature on the use...

...Kateřina Berková; Katarína Krpálková Krelová; Pavel Krpálek; Andrea Kubišová Purpose The purpose of this study is to predict the extent to which sociodemographic factors and forms of instruction influence university students' emotional experiences of distance education. The need for this research...

... resilience, academic diligence, intellectual engagement and learning support in a university setup from a developing country perspective. Edem Maxwell Azila-Gbettor can be contacted at: eazila-gbettor@htu.edu.gh 06 01 2023 20 05 2023 14 09 2023 16 09 2023 © Emerald...

...Kenny A. Hendrickson; Kula A. Francis Purpose In a previous study of authentic university academic caring (AUAC) at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), students perceived teaching faculty as the primary provider of academic caring and caregiving. This paper presents a research study...

... of literature and provides a strong advocacy for the use of the computer-mediated corrective feedback by university lecturers in Nigeria and elsewhere. The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions and experiences of lecturers toward students' research project supervision using the computer-mediated...

... a model including optimism, academic self-efficacy, intellectual engagement and academic burnout in a university setup from a developing country perspective. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Edem Maxwell Azila-Gbettor can be contacted...

...Mostafa Bagherianfar; Aliakbar Dolati Purpose Social participation of university refers to the creation of knowledge and participatory processes with local communities in solving community problems in order to achieve sustainable development. Identifying the university's social participation...

...Khaled Alrumaidhi Purpose Considering the crucial role which academic adjustment plays in student success at university, gaining insight into how several factors affect this key metric is important. This empirical study investigated the impact of value conflict upon the academic adjustment...

...Haniye Sadat Sajadi; Mohammadreza Maleki; Steve Michael Purpose A university of medical sciences (UMS) is governed by a board that serves analogously as a board of trustees or a governing board in the western countries. In Iran, however, such boards operate under the broad leadership...

... competencies. Practical implications The universities are encouraged to use RepGrid technique to assess effective teaching competencies of their faculty members. Originality/value The techniques for developing teaching competency models by some prior studies have several inherent flaws including...

...Edem Maxwell Azila-Gbettor; Eli Ayawo Atatsi; Christopher Mensah; Martin K. Abiemo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between self-esteem (SE), university commitment and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) within a higher education setup. Design...

...Aslı Günay; Murat Ali Dulupçu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the financial efficiency and productivity of 23 public universities founded in 1992 in Turkey over the period between 2004 and 2013. The results obtained will provide managerial information and act as a guide to public...

...Juan Aguirre; Sindy Chaves; Karen Burban Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the actual uses of smartphones for university students while they are in the university, whether in the classroom or outside, to facilitate the use of mobile technologies in the university and in classroom...

... to these experiences was examined. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative case study explored concepts of social identity theory, how students understood their dyslexia and whether or not labelling theory informed students’ identities through an arts-based phenomenological lens. Eight university students...

... whether future time perspective (FTP) or self-efficacy is more predictive of self-regulation. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Through the use convenience sampling, data were collected via an online survey from 130 undergraduate students attending universities...

... help received from their mentors and their working relationships with their mentors. Design/methodology/approach – A descriptive study was carried out in the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, a public university of Pakistan. Data were collected from its main campus of Islamabad only...

... study surveyed 471 university students. The study was cross-sectional and employed structural equation modelling in statistical modelling. Findings – The study provides evidence that perceived opportunity to cheat in examinations is the single most important factor accounting for significant...

...Jörg Felfe; Birgit Schyns; Alex Tymon Purpose – Research has shown that employee commitment is an important factor in performance. Research into student commitment in the university context is less common and only few studies explore the different components and foci of commitment. The purpose...