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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Gibson, David; Petrosko, Joseph – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2014
This article examines trust in leader and its effect on job satisfaction and intent to leave among 294 nurses working in hospitals within two healthcare organizations. Nurses were asked to assess the level of trust in his/her own nurse manager as well as his/her own level of job satisfaction and intent to leave. Results suggest that trust in…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Job Satisfaction, Health Services, Persistence
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Hung, Li-Ching; Badejo, Folashade; Bennett, Jo – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2014
The quality of student learning and achievement in public schools has become a matter of public discourse and policy, thus led to the establishment of charter school concept. However, there are controversial reports on the academic performances of charter schools, inadequate information on their instructional practices, and the learning…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Case Studies, Charter Schools, Academic Achievement
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Reio, Thomas G., Jr.; Portes, Pedro R.; Nixon, Casey B. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2014
This study examines relationships between identity status and process measure scores that advance our understanding of methodological characteristics in the context of gender and age. A sample of 391 adolescents and adults (215 males, 176 females) completed the Identity Style Inventory (ISI; Berzonsky, 1992) and Ego Identity Process Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Self Concept Measures, Identification (Psychology), Age Differences
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Cornacchione, Edgard; Daugherty, Jenny L. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore opportunity costs of postsecondary education in the U.S. in the past three decades (1975-2005), as a measure to support investment decisions at national levels and as experienced by individuals deciding on pursuing further education. Based on human capital theory and inspired by a set of studies aiming at…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Models
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Graham, Carroll M.; Nafukho, Fredrick M. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2008
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the importance of existing organizational learning mechanisms and establish the size and magnitude of the relationship among the organizational learning mechanisms. Of great import also was to determine whether statistically significant relationships existed among the organizational learning…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Learning, Small Businesses, Learning Readiness
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Buvoltz, Katie A.; Powell, Freda J.; Solan, Ann M.; Longbotham, Gail J. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2008
This article presents the results of research that explored the relationship between emotional intelligence and learner autonomy in the context of nontraditional higher education and their impact on student retention. This was predicated on previous research that suggested emotional intelligence might lead to student success and that autonomous…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Personal Autonomy, School Holding Power, Emotional Intelligence