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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Doctoral Dissertations

2014

Human Resources Management

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The Relationship Between Hope And Self-Directed Learning In The Workplace, Vicki Martin Dieffenderfer Dec 2014

The Relationship Between Hope And Self-Directed Learning In The Workplace, Vicki Martin Dieffenderfer

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This study investigated the relationship between self-directed learning and hope in the workplace. Participants completed two self-directed learning instruments, the Survey of Adult Learning Traits (SALT) (Hogg, 2008) and the Learner Self-directedness in the Workplace Scale (LSWS) (De Bruin & De Bruin, 2011), along with two hope scales, the Hope Trait Scale (Snyder et al., 1991) and the author-generated Workplace Learning Hope Scale. Correlation, ANOVA, and multiple regressions were used to test the relationship and differences between self-directed learning and hope, specifically within the domain of workplace learning. All instruments utilized in this study displayed sound internal consistency reliability. The …