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Title The interrelationship between the work experience of distance education students, job satisfaction, and academic achievement.
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2725
Date 1995
Author(s) Welman, J.C.; Basson, P.A.
Abstract In terms of the cooperative education strategy of technikons, students are expected to do subject-relevant work in the industry/commerce to gain practical experience. The degree of subject-relevant work performed by 166 distance education students, and how this is related to their academic performance, was investigated. It was found that in contrast to older Afrikaans- and English-speaking male students, it was mainly students who speak a black language who do not gain subject-relevant work experience, have minimal job satisfaction and do not earn high marks in the third-year subject (Organizational Behaviour). It is suggested that the State integrate the issues of work provision, education and training for the success of cooperative education in South Africa.
Subject(s) Practical experience; Organizational behaviour; Distance education students; Work experience; Job satisfaction; Academic achievement
Language en
Publisher Journal of Industrial Psychology
Type of publication Article
Rights Complies with the rights as specified by the publisher: http://www.sajip.co.za/ & Copyright University of Johannesburg
Identifier 21(1), 14-17.
Repository Johannesburg - University of Johannesburg
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