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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"deterrents to participation"”.
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Deterrents to participation in web-based graduate nursing programs
The purpose of this study was to describe what a sample of registered nurses in the state of Louisiana, who are members of the Louisiana State Nurses' Association (LSNA), identify as deterrents to participation in web-based graduate nursing programs. Two hundred and eighty one RNs participated in …
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Participation and Non-Participation in Formal Adult Education: A Study of Deterrents for an Organizational Leadership Development Program
… when continuing education is used as a strategy to achieve organizational goals or groom future executives. Fulmer and Wagner (1999) found that best-practice organizations developed their own leaders and that senior executives were products of internal leadership development systems. This …
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Participation in education, training and development : a study of the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission
This study sought to identify factors that deterred employees of the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission from accessing the training and development fund for personal and professional development. The researcher used an instrument modeled on Darkenwald and Valentine’s …
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Motivation to Participate in Workplace Training Within the Intelligence Community and Beyond: A Study of Contributing Factors
Organizations can incur extensive costs to fund training typically available to employees free of charge. However, some employees do not participate. The body of research reviewed in adult education focused on relevant studies and models of contributing factors for participation in academia, the …
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Perceptions of Adult High School Dropouts Concerning Participation in GED Preparation Programs.
<p>This qualitative study was conducted to attain and analyze the perceptions of adult high school dropouts living in the Southwest Virginia region concerning participation in General Educational Development (GED) preparation programs. Mounting evidence underscores the facts that the high school …
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Readiness for lifelong learning of volunteers affiliated with a 4-H youth development program in the southern region of the United States
The purpose of this study was to explore and determine the level of readiness for lifelong learning of volunteers affiliated with a 4-H youth development program in the southern United States. Based on a literature review, readiness for lifelong learning was conceptualized as incorporating aspects …
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Discovering why adults do not participate in formal adult education
… past 10 years. The evidence gathered was used to answer the question, How do adults, who have not participated in formal education as adults, describe their reasons for not participating? The evidence was gathered from multiple individual interviews and two focus groups.Much of the previous …
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Conservancy Governance Models for Improved Environmental Management in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
… involving diverse private, state and third sector actors, which contrasts with conventional government, which carries connotations of top-down control by the state over other actors. Conservancies represent a specific category of conservation stewardship in the Western Cape Province of South …