ERIC Number: EJ1127237
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jul
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-2322-1291
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On the Relationship between Justice Judgments, Outcomes and Identity Orientations among Iranian EFL Learners: A Structural Equation Model
Razmjoo, Seyyed Ayatollah; Mavaddat, Rahele
Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, v3 n2 p101-117 Jul 2015
One problem which can be observed in the field of EFL/ESL learning is that a number of English major BA and MA students are not highly committed to their major and decide not to continue their graduate studies. Sometimes even graduate students from English majors prefer to extend their education or work in an unrelated field. This might be attributed to the extent to which they perceive evaluation procedures and outcomes as fair. Considering this, the present study investigates first the relationships between justice judgments, outcomes and identity orientations. The study, then, uses structural equation modeling in order to examine whether identity orientation has any mediating effect on the relationship between justice judgment and outcomes. Participants were 74 students in Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Shiraz University selected based on convenience sampling. They filled out three questionnaires on distributive and procedural justice judgments, rule compliance and outcome satisfaction, and personal and social identity orientations. The collected data was then analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and structural equation modeling. Based on the obtained findings, procedural justice had significant positive correlation with rule compliance and distributive justice was significantly correlated with outcome satisfaction. The generated structural equation model also indicated that justice judgments only directly affected outcomes and identity had no mediating effect on the causal relationship between the two.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Structural Equation Models, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Justice, Questionnaires, Correlation, Likert Scales, Factor Analysis, Infant Behavior, Majors (Students), Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Rothbart Infant Behavior Questionnaire
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