The Prediction of Students' Satisfaction with Community College Vocational Training |
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| Authors: | Paul D Geyer Yevonne S Brannon Ronald W Shearon |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services, North Carolina State University , USA;2. Department of Adult and Community College Education , North Carolina State University , USA |
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| Abstract: | The present study was conducted with 1,632 college vocational students in North Carolina to test the job satisfaction postulate of Rusbult's (1980a) investment model. The model postulate, that satisfaction is a function of perceived positive and negative outcomes, received support and proved to be defensible even after controlling for a broad array of situational variables. This postulate has also received empirical support from studies of satisfaction with business relationships, friendships, and romantic associations. The present study also introduced a new measure of outcomes: the Perceived Outcomes of College Life measure. |
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| Keywords: | gender differences multiple intelligences self-estimated intelligence |
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