The Acceptability of Credentials Earned Online for Obtaining Employment in the Health Care Professions

Autor/inn/en	Adams, Jonathan; DeFleur, Margaret H.; Heald, Gary R.
Titel	The Acceptability of Credentials Earned Online for Obtaining Employment in the Health Care Professions
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 56 (2007) 3, S.292-307 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
Schlagwörter	Credentials; Metropolitan Areas; Job Applicants; National Surveys; Health Occupations; Intermode Differences; Mail Surveys; Personnel Selection; Evaluation Criteria; Educational Certificates; Conventional Instruction; Multimedia Instruction; Distance Education; Academic Degrees; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienbuch; Ballungsraum; Bewerber; Gesundheitsberuf; Erhebungsinstrument; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Bildungsabschluss; Schulzeugnis; Multimediales Lernen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; USA
Abstract	A national survey of health care administrators was used to assess the acceptability of a job applicant's qualifications that included a degree earned online, partly online, or in a traditional program. A questionnaire was sent in response to job advertisements that were posted in newspapers from 38 metropolitan areas throughout the United States. The respondents were asked to select one of three hypothetical applicants for an advertised position and provide written explanations. The applicant with a traditional degree was overwhelmingly preferred over the applicant holding the degree earned online or partly online. Analyses revealed no statistically significant relationships between acceptability of the type of degree and the respondents' prior experiences with online courses or their ages. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10