Because the results of student-completed teaching-evaluation questionnaires often playa role in personnel decisions made by institutions of higher education, the article reviews the principal quantitative studies that social scientists have conducted on the validity of the questionnaires. The methodological flaws in and limitations of these studies are considered, and the potential side effects...

The objective of this study was to synthesize information from literature on measures of the self in young children to create an empirical framework for developing future methods for measuring this construct. For this meta-analysis, all available preschool and early elementary school self-esteem studies were reviewed. Reliability was used as the criterion variable and the predictor variables re...

Company social networks have become an important means for the socialized marketing of a company, forming a new challenge to companies on how to attract customers. Based on such theories as customer engagement, value co-creation, and relationship marketing, this paper presents a model of the influence of customer engagement on stickiness. Data collected from 260 valid questionnaires from Sina’s...

background: taxi drivers are exposed to various risk factors such as work overload, stress, an irregular diet, and a sedentary lifestyle, which make these individuals vulnerable to many diseases. this study was designed to assess the health status of this occupational group. objectives: the objective was to explore the health status, the intention to seek health examination, and participation i...

For decades, the uniqueness of Malaysia’s multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural characteristics have been focus thinkers policymakers in their effort towards nation-building. Such has complemented by contribution researchers who provide relevant data findings. Though area interethnic relations interactions Malaysia well researched, there is a gap literature regarding online its role brid...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Many clinical investigations use generic and/or specific questionnaires to obtain information about participants and patients. There is disagreement about whether the administration method can affect the results. The aim here was to determine whether, among patients with intermittent claudication (IC), there are differences in the Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) and...

This study explored the consumer behavior of intention to purchase green products based on a decision-making model that integrates cognitive attributes, affective attributes, and behavioral intentions in Belt and Road countries. The questionnaires were collected from customers who previously purchased green products; this study distributed the questionnaires at the appliance section of the depa...

The present study employed constructs from self-determination theory, social-identity theory, and the theory of planned behaviour to examine the combined effects that social identity and perceived autonomy support exerted on attitudes, intentions and health behaviour. A prospective design was employed measuring constructs from the theory of planned behaviour, group norms, group identification, ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a rural clinical placement on students' self-perceived clinical skills and work location choice post-graduation. METHODS A one month rural placement program was introduced in 2008-2009 for 4(th) year dental undergraduates. Student's views on the rural exercise were collected by pre and post self-completion questionnaires, which were distributed to ru...