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The Effects of Personal and Situational Factors on University Administrators' Responses to Sexual Harassment.
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Gehlauf, DeeAnn N.; Popovich, Paula M. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A survey of 195 college managerial personnel investigated their responses to various sexual harassment scenarios (economic injury, hostile environment, or no harassment) with regard to offender status (supervisor or coworker). Predicted sex differences in complaint handling and belief in sexual harassment myths were not found. Other findings are…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Behavior Patterns, College Administration
Espoused Teaching Paradigms of College Faculty.
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Singer, Ellen R. – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A study of 443 college faculty in English, biology, mathematics, and psychology in 163 institutions found gender, discipline, and some contextual variables to be the most significant predictors of faculty teaching paradigms. In addition, teaching paradigms were reflected in the frequencies of instructional behaviors reported by the faculty…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Biology, College Faculty, College Instruction
Circumstances Surrounding Cheating: A Questionnaire Study of College Students.
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Genereux, Randy L.; McLeod, Beverly A. – Research in Higher Education, 1995
A survey of 365 college students identified circumstances likely to increase both planned and spontaneous cheating behavior, those likely to discourage both kinds of cheating, factors underlying planned cheating, most common types of cheating, and student demographic characteristics associated with greater cheating behavior. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Standards, Cheating
Individual and Contextual Influences on Academic Dishonesty: A Multicampus Investigation.
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McCabe, Donald L.; Trevino, Linda Klebe – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A survey of 1,793 students at nine state universities found cheating was influenced by a number of characteristics of individuals, including age, sex, and grade point average, and contextual factors, including level of cheating among peers, peer disapproval of cheating, fraternity/sorority membership, and perceived severity of penalties for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Cheating