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Dimensionality and Validation of the Dispositional Hope Scale in a Spanish Sample

Galiana, Laura; Oliver, Amparo; Sancho, Patricia; … - In: Social Indicators Research 120 (2015) 1, pp. 297-308

Hope has emerged as a central construct when discussing human psychological strengths, well-being and quality of life. The first and most used instrument presented to measure the construct was the dispositional hope scale (DHS). Nevertheless, its underlying factor structure is still under...

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Featuring Tax Education in Non-accounting Curriculum: Survey Evidence

Mahat, Mohd Amran; Ling, Lai Ming - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für … - 2011

Purpose –This paper aimed (i) to solicit undergraduates‟ opinions on tax education, and (ii) to identify undergraduates … personally administered on 575 undergraduates from accounting and non-accounting faculties in one of the public universities in … Planning for Individuals‟ were the two most preferred tax topics that undergraduates wished to learn. Originality/value – The …

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Attitudes towards plagiarism among undergraduate accounting students: Malaysian evidence

Smith, Malcolm; Ghazali, Noorlaila; Minhad, Siti … - In: Asian Review of Accounting 15 (2007) December, pp. 122-146

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine undergraduate accounting students' perceptions of factors contributing to plagiarism activities. Design/methodology/approach – Survey methods were used to investigate the prominence of different factors, and any differences associated with...

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Undergraduate research centers: simply a source of student employment or a model for supplementing rural university finances?

Rich, Michael K.; Bartholomew, Darrell - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 25 (2010) 3, pp. 172-176

Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the inequities in the financial infrastructure of Division II rural universities located throughout the USA and much of the Western world while seeking to offer possible solutions through on‐campus marketing enterprises. Design/methodology/approach –...

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University education in robotics and advanced automation: a UK perspective

Taylor, P.M. - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 23 (1996) 2, pp. 16-20

Examines the development of courses in robotics and advanced automation at UK universities and describes the relationship between industry, research and the courses. Looks in detail at undergraduate courses offered by the universities of Hull, Bristol, Plymouth and Leeds Metropolitan university....

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Real estate employability

Hoxley, Mike; Poon, Joanna; Fuchs, Willow - In: Journal of European Real Estate Research 4 (2011) 3, pp. 243-258

Purpose – Employability is likely to be at the forefront of any degree applicant's mind in England and Wales due to an impending large increase in the cost of tuition. The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a Centre for Education in the Built Environment‐funded project which...

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What makes undergraduate students enroll into an elective course?

Amin, Hanudin; Rahim Abdul Rahman, Abdul; Ramayah, T. - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 2 (2009) 4, pp. 289-304

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the acceptance level of Islamic accounting course by undergraduate students at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). The study used theory of reasoned action (TRA) to analyze the findings. Design/methodology/approach – The primary...

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Examination of work task and criteria choices for the relevance judgment process

Taylor, Arthur - In: Journal of Documentation 69 (2013) 4, pp. 523-544

information seeking behavior of a group of undergraduate college students assigned a set of research assignments (work tasks …/value – Understanding the relevance judgment process is critical to understanding information behavior in general. Few studies have examined …

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Developing online legal communities

Blissenden, Michael; Clarke, Sandra; Strevens, Caroline - In: International Journal of Law and Management 54 (2012) 2, pp. 153-164

assist new undergraduates in making the transition to University. Research tells us that socialising is an important part of …

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Selecting students: is there an education‐industry mismatch?

Ineson, Elizabeth M.; Kempa, Richard F. - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 9 (1997) 3, pp. 128-141

Centres on the selection of undergraduates for hotel and catering management (HCM) courses in the UK. Semi …, nature and ways of measurement of the qualities used to select undergraduates. A synthesis of the evidence allowed a …

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