Workplace Social Networks and Their Relationship to Student Retention in On-Site GED Programs.

Vann, Barry A.; Hinton, Barbara E.

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ERIC Number: EJ485863

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Publication Date: 1994

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Workplace Social Networks and Their Relationship to Student Retention in On-Site GED Programs.

Vann, Barry A.; Hinton, Barbara E.

Human Resource Development Quarterly, v5 n2 p141-51 Sum 1994

Among 31 completers of a workplace literacy program and 37 dropouts, those who belonged to in-class cliques were more likely to remain in class than the more socially isolated. Dropouts networked in the workplace with others of similar educational levels; finishers networked with workers of higher educational levels. (SK)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Dropout Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes, Incentives, Social Networks, Work Environment, Workplace Literacy

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Language: English

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