Effect of first impressions on student evaluations of lecturers

Academic institutions (particularly historically White tertiary institutions) are experiencing challenges in attracting and retaining Black African and femail academic staff. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Black African academic staff at historically White universities in South Africa experience more resistance from students than White staff do. This study consequently investigated whether students rate lecturers differently on first impression, based on the lecturers' and students' race and gender.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

School of Management Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kinnear, Zeleika A

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Meyer, Ines

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11981

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11981