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INVESTIGATING POST-WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING (WIL) EFFECTS ON MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

International Journal of Business and Society

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Title INVESTIGATING POST-WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING (WIL) EFFECTS ON MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
 
Creator Ibrahim, Hazril Izwar
Jaaffar, Amar Hisham
 
Description Work-integrated learning (WIL) is regarded as an important medium to assist development of student’s relevant technical and non-technical competencies, knowledge and psychological attributes that can enhance their employability and learning outcomes. This study examines the relationship between the outcomes of WIL programs such as thinking and communication skills, self-efficacy and motivation for learning of 383 undergraduate in business degree from four Malaysian public universities who have participated on various WIL programs. Results show that student’s motivation for learning is affected by student’s thinking skills and mediated by student’s self-efficacy. Interestingly, student’s communication skills only influenced motivation for learning through the self-efficacy. The findings provide a valuables insight into the limited research pertaining to the sequel of the outcomes of WIL programs such as student’s competencies, psychological attributes and specific learning outcomes. Keywords: Work-Integrated Learning; Motivation for Learning; Self-Efficacy; Thinking Skills; Communication Skills.
 
Publisher Faculty of Economics and Business, UNIMAS
 
Date 2017-11-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/IJBS/article/view/487
 
Source International Journal of Business and Society; Vol 18 No 1 (2017): International Journal of Business and Society
1511-6670
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/IJBS/article/view/487/427
 
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