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Does Practice Make Perfect? Effects Of Practice And Coaching On Interview Performance, Katherine Williams
Does Practice Make Perfect? Effects Of Practice And Coaching On Interview Performance, Katherine Williams
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This study examined the incremental effectiveness of interview practice and feedback on candidates' interview performance. In addition, interviewee anxiety, impression management behaviors, and core self-evaluation were considered as intervening variables between the training manipulations and interview performance. In this experimental design, participants were assigned to one of three groups: the control group, the interview practice group, and the coaching group that received practice plus feedback from a counselor. Employer representatives evaluated subsequent interview performance within a final mock interview.
Hypotheses predicting differential effects of interview training on interview performance ratings were partially supported and relationships were discovered among additional variables. …
Dispositional Resilience And Person-Environment Fit As Predictors Of College Student Retention, Melissa Waitsman
Dispositional Resilience And Person-Environment Fit As Predictors Of College Student Retention, Melissa Waitsman
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As more students drop out of college and the cost of leaving school without a degree rises, it becomes increasingly critical to help match students to a school that will educate them and facilitate graduation. While the college student retention literature has formulated a number of ideas and theories about how this may be accomplished, the current study uses an idea from the psychological literature, person-environment fit, in order to understand the role of an individual's fit with their college environment on student success. The current study examines individual differences in resilience as well as those in preferences for the …