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ERIC Number: EJ452041
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
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Learning and Working: Elements of the Diploma Disease Thesis Examined in England and Malaysia.
Little, Angela W.; Singh, Jasbir Sarjit
Comparative Education, v28 n2 p181-200 1992
Prospective and retrospective studies of 1,659 secondary school students and 198 workers in England and Malaysia found positive relationships between intrinsic motivations for learning and working. The "diploma disease" thesis, which posits negative relationships between examination-oriented schooling in developing nations and intrinsic work motivation, was not supported. (SV)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Learning Motivation, Occupational Aspiration, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Educational Objectives, Work Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia; United Kingdom (England)
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