Work Participation and Academic Performance: A Test of Alternative Propositions

Autor/in	Bradley, Graham
Titel	Work Participation and Academic Performance: A Test of Alternative Propositions
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 19 (2006) 5, S.481-501 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
Schlagwörter	Grade Point Average; Academic Achievement; Student Attitudes; College Students; Student Surveys; Student Employment; Study Habits; Part Time Employment; Correlation; Research Methodology; Individual Differences; Educational Research; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Schülerbefragung; Studentenarbeit; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Part-time employment; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Korrelation; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Individueller Unterschied; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Prädiktor
Abstract	Increasing numbers of full-time university students mix their studies with paid employment. The current research examined the nature, extent and correlates of paid work amongst a sample of 246 university students. Approximately 85% of the sample reported having a paid job during semester, a figure that exceeds that found in previous studies. Five propositions regarding the relationship between work participation and academic performance were tested, and none was found to adequately account for the relationships observed. Rather, Grade Point Averages were relatively high amongst two groups of students: those who did not work, and those working more than 20 hours per week. Future research should explore the strategies through which students who work long hours manage to perform well academically. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10