Commitment devices impose costs on one's future self for failing to follow through on one's intentions, offer no additional benefit to one's future self for following through on the intention, and people voluntarily enroll in them. Enrollment in commitment devices reflects self-awareness that one may lack sufficient self-control to fulfill one's intentions. There is little experimental research...

This study uses the relationship marketing theory of commitment and trust as a framework to investigate the issue of student retention in business schools. Structural equation modeling was used to examine relationships specified by Morgan and Hunt's (1994) theory of relationship marketing. Students' commitment to the business schools were determined by perceived benefits of attending the school...

The Relation between Alexithymia, Organizational Commitment, and Occupational Burnout among Female High School Teachers Z. Baabaay Khaakiaan J. Karami, Ph.D. A.R. Rashidi, Ph.D. To assess the extent of alexithymia and organizational commitment, and examine the relation between them and occupational burnout, a cluster sample of 300 high school teachers was selected and three inst...

the results of the present research show that coinmitting delinquencies inside and outside the school is increasingly common among junior high school third grade students in khorassan province. a comparison of boys and girl students shows that girls commit considerably less delinquencies than boy students. a study of the reasons of delinquencies inside the school shows that the following factor...

OBJECTIVE Research suggests that schools can play a key role in obesity prevention by implementing evidence-based strategies promoting student health. This study explores school climate factors underlying implementation of evidence-based health and wellness policies and practices in Kindergarten-8th grade programs in the Southwestern United States. METHOD Utilizing a participatory research su...

This study employed social cognitive theory and social cognitive career theory (SCCT) as foundations to explore the influence of high school students’ beliefs about female gender roles and female engineer role models on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) self-efficacy and professional commitment to engineering. A total of 88 students from a national girls’ high school part...