Journal articles: 'Aspirations and motivations'

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J. Beynon, Malcolm, Paul Jones, Gary Packham, and David Pickernell. "Investigating the motivation for enterprise education: a CaRBS based exposition." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 20, no. 6 (August 26, 2014): 584–612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-05-2013-0073.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate student motivation for undertaking an entrepreneurship education programme and their ultimate employment aspirations through a novel data mining technique. The study considered what relationship certain motivation characteristics have to students’ aspirations, specifically in terms of their intention to be self-employed or employed. Design/methodology/approach – The study examined enrolment data of 720 students on an entrepreneurial education programme, with work statuses of full-time, part-time or unemployed and have known aspirations to either employment or self-employment. The Classification and Ranking Belief Simplex (CaRBS) technique is employed in the classification analyses undertaken, which offers an uncertain reasoning based visual approach to the exposition of findings. Findings – The classification findings demonstrate the level of contribution of the different motivations to the discernment of students with self-employed and employed aspirations. The most contributing aspirations were Start-Up, Interests and Qualifications. For these aspirations, further understanding is provided with respect to gender and student age (in terms of the association with aspirations towards self-employed or employed). For example, with respect to Start-Up, the older the unemployed student, the increasing association with employment rather than self-employment career aspirations. Research limitations/implications – The study identifies candidate motivation and the demographic profile for student's undertaking an entrepreneurial education programme. Knowing applicant aspirations should inform course design, pedagogy and its inherent flexibility and recognise the specific needs of certain student groups. Originality/value – The study contributes to the literature examining motivations for undertaking entrepreneurship education and categorising motivating factors. These findings will be of value to both education providers and researchers.

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Poon, Dale B., Helen M. G. Watt, and Sandra E. Stewart. "Future counselors’ career motivations, perceptions, and aspirations." Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning 10, no. 1 (September 26, 2019): 155–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-02-2019-0031.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the career motivations of future counseling professionals. Design/methodology/approach Students completing their Masters of Counseling (n=174) responded to a 30 min survey about their career motivations, counseling career choice satisfaction, planned persistence in the counseling profession and perceptions of the demand and reward structure offered by counseling work. Motivational profiles were educed using hierarchical cluster analysis and compared via MANOVA. Findings Four distinct profiles were identified: “moderately engaged with family values,” “lower engaged,” “altruistic with family values” and “multiply motivated.” Clusters differed in their perceptions of the demand and reward structure offered by a counseling career, and their level of satisfaction with, and planned persistence in the profession. Cluster composition was unrelated to age, gender or pursuit of previous careers. Practical implications Implications for educators pertain to capitalizing on career motivations for different types of entrants, to tailor recruitment and professional preparation. Originality/value The authors add to existing literature by drawing on the theoretical lens of expectancy-value theory in a person-centered approach, to the study of counselor motivations, professional perceptions and career choice satisfaction.

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Hamilton, R. T. "Motivations and Aspirations of Business Founders." International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 6, no. 1 (November 1987): 70–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026624268700600104.

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Hessels, Jolanda, Marco van Gelderen, and Roy Thurik. "Entrepreneurial aspirations, motivations, and their drivers." Small Business Economics 31, no. 3 (September 4, 2008): 323–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-008-9134-x.

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Liao, Karen Anne, and Maruja Asis. "Back to the Philippines: Connecting aspirations, return and social remittances in international student migration." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 29, no. 3 (September 2020): 402–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0117196820964999.

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The growing volume of international students has attracted research interest on their return experiences and the potential impacts of their overseas education in their home countries. This paper uses the notion of aspiration to investigate international students’ return experiences in connection to their motivations and perceived gains from studying abroad. Interviews with Filipino returnees who completed their postgraduate studies in Europe suggest that their plans to study abroad involved aspirations to return to the Philippines for different reasons, including career and family-related factors. Their aspirations also reflect their desired contributions to their respective occupational fields in the country. Their narratives of returning to the workplace, however, reveal institutional factors that either facilitate or constrain the transfer of ideas, knowledge and practices gained from their experiences abroad. Findings point to how returnees' workplace experiences, in turn, reshape their career aspirations and migration intentions.

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Marrow, Helen B., and Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels. "Modeling American Migration Aspirations: How Capital, Race, and National Identity Shape Americans’ Ideas about Living Abroad." International Migration Review 54, no. 1 (November 28, 2018): 83–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0197918318806852.

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Recent scholarship proposes a “two-step” approach for better understanding mechanisms underlying the migration process, suggesting we study migration aspirations separately from migration behavior and that the one does not always translate directly into the other. Research on aspirations, however, concentrates on the Global South, despite growing migration flows originating in the Global North. Here, we fill this gap, drawing on a nationally representative online survey we commissioned in 2014 in the United States. Bivariate analysis shows that fully one-third of Americans surveyed reveal some aspiration to live abroad, a plurality of those primarily for the purpose of exploration. Multivariate analysis suggests that certain elements of cultural and social capital, including the networks Americans have with prior and current US citizen migrants, structure these aspirations, in tandem with strength of national attachment. Further, both cultural and economic aspects of class, alongside race and national attachment, shape where American aspirants envision going and why. While the existing literature addresses the motivations and profile of American migrants already living abroad, ours is the first study to examine Americans’ aspirations prospectively from the point of origin, thereby connecting the literature on Global North migration flows to that on migration aspirations.

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Dr. M. Jeyaseelan, Dr M. Jeyaseelan, and S. Murugan S. Murugan. "Aspirations and Motivations among Government Higher Secondary School Students: A Sociological Analysis." Indian Journal of Applied Research 3, no. 3 (October 1, 2011): 358–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/mar2013/122.

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Uszak, Nicolas, and James Szalma. "Aspirations and Motivations for Facebook Use Through Sem Modeling." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 62, no. 1 (September 2018): 1226–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621281.

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Facebook is one of the most pervasive social networking sites in the world. Growing out of a humble Harvard cataloging project, Facebook has over 2 billion monthly active users (Facebook Newsroom, 2017). This paper will explore the motivations for such widespread use of this technology. The study of Facebook user motivations is not a new endeavor (E.g. Quan-Haase & Young, 2010; Knowles, Haycock, and Shaikh, 2015; Kross et al.,2013). Generally, there seems to be a consensus that Facebook is able to provide a social outlet and platform of potential connection for users. However, these explicit self-reported motives beg the question of what are the underlying implicit needs or desires driving the action of joining Facebook? What do people actually get out of maintaining a digital presence there? Uses and Gratifications Theory (U&G) considers how people benefit from mass communication (Katz, Blumer, & Gurevitch (1974). Contrary to early theories where users were just passive consumers of whatever a particular media put in front of them, Quan-Haase & Young, 2010 found six factors of Facebook use gratifications; these factors were pastime, affection, fashion, share problems, sociability, and social information. Self-Determination Theory (SD-Theory) is a meta-framework for defining and classifying different types of motivations in relation to individual differences and social context (Deci & Ryan,1985, 2000). SD-Theory postulates that evolutionarily, humans have three basic psychological needs. According to this view, we have the need for competency, autonomy, and relatedness. Besides psychological needs, another measured component of SD-Theory is life goals, also known as aspirations (Kasser & Ryan, 1993;1996). Aspirations are life goals one has, based on the values one holds; and are normally divided into two categories. Intrinsic aspirations (IA) are such things as meaningful relationships, individual growth, and community contributions. Extrinsic aspirations (EA) encompass wealth, fame, and image; they are beholden to the judgements of other people and tend to be more of a hoop to jump through rather than an end goal (Kasser & Ryan, 1996). The Two-Process Model (TPM) ties Self-Determination Theory together with personal goal and motive disposition constructs (Sheldon & Schüler, 2011). According to TPM all humans have basic needs, but there will be individual differences in motives. A weak experience of competency, autonomy, or/and relatedness (i.e., strong need requirements) was found to provoke motivation to improve the situation (Sheldon and Gunz, 2009). Sheldon, Abad, and Hinsch (2011) built upon these findings by measuring connection and disconnection in Facebook use. The purpose for this study was to investigate whether different types of aspirations (intrinsic or extrinsic) predicted connection and disconnection, and whether Facebook motives mediate this relationship. Participants were 424 college students from a large university in central Florida. Participant gender is 255 female and 167 male, with two not indicating a gender. Participants age range was from 18 to 59 (M=20.8, SD=4.9) years. Three surveys were administered through an online Qualtrics system. Surveys measured aspirations, social connection, and Facebook use. Structural equation modeling analysis was then conducted to produce several models. Direct effects were found between EA and connectedness, as well as IA and connectedness. IA and EA were both shown to predict Facebook motives. However, Facebook motives were found not to mediate the relationship between aspirations and connectedness.

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Dixit, Jaya. ""Performance below Aspirations, Cultural Motivations of Owners and Slack"." Academy of Management Proceedings 2013, no. 1 (January 2013): 16643. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2013.16643abstract.

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Reeves, Todd D., and Rebecca J. Lowenhaupt. "Teachers as leaders: Pre-service teachers' aspirations and motivations." Teaching and Teacher Education 57 (July 2016): 176–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.03.011.

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Drago-Severson, Eleanor. "“My Turn,” Women's Goals and Motivations in a Diploma Program." International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology 5, no. 4 (October 2014): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijavet.2014100101.

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This research was part of a larger, mixed-methods study, funded by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, which examined the learning and change experiences of 41 learners in three ABE/ESOL programs. This paper examines a Polaroid diploma program with a focus on women workers, employing gender (relational) and constructive-developmental theory to frame their learning experiences. Data for this paper focuses on analysis of 224 qualitative interviews, focus groups, and developmental assessments. Three emergent themes regarding women's motivation emerged: practical benefits, the importance of timing, and leadership aspirations. This paper presents how these women describe and understand their learning motivations from both a qualitative and developmental perspective. This investigation informs understanding of women's motivations for learning, and suggests how individual ways of knowing inform such motivation.

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Poirier, Brianna F., Joanne Hedges, Lisa G. Smithers, Megan Moskos, and Lisa M. Jamieson. "Aspirations and Worries: The Role of Parental Intrinsic Motivation in Establishing Oral Health Practices for Indigenous Children." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 21 (November 7, 2021): 11695. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111695.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (respectfully, subsequently referred to as Indigenous) children in Australia experience oral disease at a higher rate than non-Indigenous children. A history of colonisation, government-enforced assimilation, racism, and cultural annihilation has had profound impacts on Indigenous health, reflected in oral health inequities sustained by Indigenous communities. Motivational interviewing was one of four components utilised in this project, which aimed to identify factors related to the increased occurrence of early childhood caries in Indigenous children. This qualitative analysis represents motivational interviews with 226 participants and explores parents’ motivations for establishing oral health and nutrition practices for their children. Findings suggest that parental aspirations and worries underscored motivations to establish oral health and nutrition behaviours for children in this project. Within aspirations, parents desired for children to ‘keep their teeth’ and avoid false teeth, have a positive appearance, and preserve self-esteem. Parental worries related to child pain, negative appearance, sugar consumption, poor community oral health and rotten teeth. A discussion of findings results in the following recommendations: (1) consideration of the whole self, including mental health, in future oral health programming and research; (2) implementation of community-wide oral health programming, beyond parent-child dyads; and (3) prioritisation of community knowledge and traditions in oral health programming.

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Hamdallah, Madher Ebrahim, Anan Fathi Srouji, and Bushra Khalid Mahadin. "Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations on business school students’ aspirations: The gender role models perspective." Journal of Governance and Regulation 10, no. 4 (2021): 164–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/jgrv10i4art15.

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This study aims to explore the effect of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on business school students’ aspirations to become entrepreneurial managers in the future and whether the gender of their university instructor affects such a relationship. Gender equivalence proved to devour an instructive advantage over students (Aragonés-González, Rosser-Limiñana, & Gil-González, 2020), in addition to the idea that gender competence is a key element in the educational field (Palmén et al., 2020). The hypothesized paradigm is tested through multiple regression and univariate tests based on the responses of 321 Jordanian university students who finished entrepreneurship courses to pursue nexuses between the endogenous and exogenous variables. Results indicated that both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations affect students’ aspirations to become entrepreneurial managers in the future in favor of their role models. Additionally, both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are affected by female instructors. However, male instructors only inspired the intrinsic motivation of the students. As female academic instructors face challenges attributed to gender bias, especially in the Arab and Middle Eastern countries, the results of the study hope to help change the discerning negative perceptions of female instructors in Jordanian and Arab universities. Such problems in gender inspiration affect the prospect of the outcomes required and may have an indirect effect on the educational field in general. The study recommends focusing more on the effect of motivation and innovation efficiency based on gender type in addition to converging entrepreneurship educational research due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Ratten & Jones, 2021).

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Wilson, George, and Patrick McCrystal. "Motivations and Career Aspirations of MSW Students in Northern Ireland." Social Work Education 26, no. 1 (February 2007): 35–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615470601036534.

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Ogunde, Jared C., Tina L. Overton, Christopher D. Thompson, Ruth Mewis, and Suzanne Boniface. "Beyond graduation: motivations and career aspirations of undergraduate chemistry students." Chemistry Education Research and Practice 18, no. 3 (2017): 457–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6rp00248j.

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This study investigated undergraduate chemistry students' career aspirations and how these vary from one educational system to another in different geographic regions. The participants of this study were undergraduate chemistry students from various institutions located in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The study took place in the form of an international cross-sectional survey. Findings of this study show that undergraduate students choose to study chemistry predominantly because they are interested in it or because they like it. This study also found that, whereas undergraduate students mainly have plans of pursuing a career that uses chemistry, they seem to be aware that a chemistry course can lead to many career options and as such only a few have chosen to study it as a route to a specific career. The findings of this study may be important in informing policies to attract and retain students in chemistry courses.

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BERONIA, TERRY A., and RICHARD H. BEE. "Investigating the Motivations of the Pre-Engineering Major." NACADA Journal 6, no. 2 (September 1, 1986): 83–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.12930/0271-9517-6.2.83.

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Engineering programs on campuses nationwide continue to attract large numbers of students. As enrollments in these programs soar. many schools which previously had open admission policies have been forced to control enrollment, resulting in a large population of pre-engineering majors — some having limited career aspirations or unrealistic academic expectations. To aid in the understanding and advising of these majors, student profiles reflecting motivation patterns have been presented.

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Adelowo, Adesayo, Liz Smythe, and Camille Nakhid. "Deciding to migrate: Stories of African immigrant women living in New Zealand." Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work 28, no. 1 (July 8, 2016): 52–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol28iss1id119.

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INTRODUCTION: With migratory movements of people increasing worldwide cultural competence is becoming a key social work capability. One aspect of cultural competence includes an appreciative understanding of new migrants reasons for migration. The immigration of black African people to New Zealand is a relatively recent phenomenon because, historically, immigration policy favoured people of British origin. This article aims to explore the experiences and motivations of black African women who were recent migrants to New Zealand.METHOD: The study used a purposive sample of 15 black African women migrants aged between 21 and 60 years. The women were all recent migrants from Africa having resided in New Zealand for a period of between one and five years. Data was collected using semistructured interviews and a narrative methodology based on Africentric philosophy.FINDINGS: For most of the women in the study migration was a positive choice made in order to secure educational and career opportunities for themselves and their children. For some there were also push factors in the form of political and economic instability in their countries of origin. Relationships with family and friends already living in New Zealand were also significant motivational factors.CONCLUSION: Social workers in New Zealand need an appreciative understanding of the culture and history of new migrants, but also of their aspirations and motivations for setting out on an epic journey for them and their families. This article offers insights into the motivations and aspirations of a group of recent black African women migrants, and challenges some common assumptions.

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Aditya, Suruchi. "Motivations and future aspirations of dental interns: A cross-sectional study." SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences 4, no. 3 (2013): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-433x.121635.

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DeFeo, Dayna Jean. "Why are You Here? CTE Students' Enrollment Motivations and Career Aspirations." Career and Technical Education Research 40, no. 2 (October 20, 2015): 82–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.5328/cter40.2.82.

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Jackson, Daniel, Einar Thorsen, and Sally Reardon. "Fantasy, Pragmatism and Journalistic Socialisation: UK Journalism Students’ Aspirations and Motivations." Journalism Practice 14, no. 1 (March 19, 2019): 104–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2019.1591929.

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Salazar, Ronald J., and Jifu Wang. "The Evolution Of Strategies: Multinational Subsidiaries Operating In China." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 29, no. 5 (August 28, 2013): 1261. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v29i5.8012.

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This is a study of the evolution of strategies of large multinational (MNC) firms doing business in China. Using the TOWS approach (Weirich, 1982) we classified the strategic posture of MNC subsidiaries in China into four discrete frames based on a survey of large firms. The results of our study applying the TOWS approach have allowed us to expose the trend of strategic evolution. We find that the primary investment motivation of MNS in China has changed from low labor cost to exploiting Chinese market. We report the motivations, actions, and aspirations of the managers of largest multinational subsidiaries operating there.

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Vykhliaiev, Yurii, Yuliia Paryshkura, and L. M. Tomych. "Necessities and motivations to motive activity as psychophysiology factors of fitness and recreation." Scientific Journal of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. Series 15. Scientific and pedagogical problems of physical culture (physical culture and sports), no. 5(150) (May 27, 2022): 21–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.31392/npu-nc.series15.2022.5(150).05.

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Becoming of necessities and motivational trains and excitations to motive activity is sufficiently difficult, this problem numerous researches of scientists are sanctified to, but only way of decision it is not found. Undertaken studies of both reasons of origin of necessities to motive activity and types of aspirations and motivations depending on sex, age, line of business, bodily and somatic condition of man. In this time, necessities and мотivation not always go across in an action, id est engaging in a fitness or recreation that compels to be thoughtful above psychophysiology reasons of such phenomenon. Motivation is examined as a factor (mechanism) that determines behavior. A necessity, outgrowing in motivation, activates CNS and other systems of organism to the action. But this chart operates mainly at the achievement of base necessities, at implementation of public necessities, in particular necessities to motive in an action activity, algorithm of her pleasure a few another and yet studied not enough. Necessities and motivations to motive activity coexist with the necessities of entertainments and pleasures, additional "superfluous" rest (especially in declining years) that induces an individual to different, mutually exclusive styles of behavior - repressing hypodynamia or going in for sports and types of motive activity. Between these psychophysiology factors there is a "dispute". Unfortunately the necessity of engaging in motive activity does not behave to the most essential social necessities, for example, a necessity to work and earn material bonuses is more important, so both she satisfies majority as biological and social necessities, that is why motivation to motive activity loses often. Except it, to make time for employments it is necessary to give up many pleasures, entertainments and additional rest, that is why creation of motivation that resists to all obstacles is the most urgent task of bringing in of people to the fitness and recreation.

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Amorati, Riccardo. "The motivations and identity aspirations of university students of German: a case study in Australia." Language Learning in Higher Education 11, no. 1 (May 1, 2021): 175–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2021-2007.

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Abstract In the English-dominated field of L2 motivation, there is a need for more research on learners of languages other than English. This is particularly important in English-speaking countries, where issues involving the recruitment and retention of language students are pressing. This study discusses the main qualitative findings of a study on the motivations and identity aspirations of university students of German in Australia. The findings obtained through a questionnaire (n = 86) are complemented by in-depth interviews conducted with a small sample of respondents (n = 5). The study shows that learners of German are instrumentally, integratively and intrinsically motivated and wish to shape identities as international professionals with unique linguistic skills (Exotenmotiv, see Riemer 2006), tourists and anti-tourists, bilingual speakers in a monolingual Anglophone context and educated individuals (Bildungs-Selbst, see Busse 2015). This research furthers our knowledge on this learner population in Australia and, more broadly, on Anglophone elective language learners, as well as students of German as a foreign language in other contexts. It also contributes to our understanding of the link between motivation and processes of identity creation and development.

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Doak, Jacob. "Bridging the Gap: The Impact Project-Based Contextualization has on the Motivation of Junior Technology Students." He Rourou 2, no. 1 (October 25, 2022): 46–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.54474/herourou.v2i1.7147.

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This study seeks to improve learning motivation of Year 10 Technology students at a secondary school in South Auckland. Despite the emphasis in New Zealand schools on university education, the majority of students in low-decile schools do not follow this pathway. The emphasis on higher education decreases student motivation in the classroom and highlights economic, qualification, and occupational inequities in low socio-economic communities. This study aims to help students make informed choices for career pathways after school, with an emphasis on trade apprenticeships as an alternative to the traditional university pathway. This research seeks to understand how contextualising the Technology curriculum through a project-based assignment affects motivation in the classroom. It also seeks to understand how exposing students to opportunities in the construction industry affects career aspirations. Students participated in visits to industry worksites while working in groups to design and construct seating projects for a stakeholder in their school community. This project mirrored a real-world inquiry project, with students acting as professionals in the college environment while also being exposed to industry workplaces. This helped them to make connections between classroom learning and the workplaces. In doing so, they learned both subject knowledge and how to apply that knowledge to different concepts and contexts outside the classroom. Qualitative and quantitative data was collected in the form of journal reflections, surveys, and observations before and after the intervention to measure the change in student motivations and aspirations. The data was evaluated using Ajzen’s (1991) motivation theory framework to analyse the factors of self-efficacy, social pressures, task-value, and the added factor of cost. The findings from the data showed that contextualising classwork with industry exposure increased student motivation and impacted career aspirations.

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Sakalidis, Kandianos Emmanouil, Anastasia Fadeeva, Florentina Johanna Hettinga, and Fiona Chun Man Ling. "The role of the social environment in inclusive sports participation—Identifying similarities and challenges in athletes with and without Intellectual Disabilities through coaches’ eyes: A qualitative inquiry." PLOS ONE 18, no. 1 (January 11, 2023): e0280379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280379.

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Despite the efforts of mainstreaming in sports, inclusive participation of people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in sports remains challenging. In sports settings, the social environment may influence the motivation of athletes and promote (or restrict) inclusive sports participation of athletes with ID. Thus, this study aims to explore the motivations of athletes and coaches and to investigate the role of the social environment in sports participation of athletes with and without ID. Coaches who coach athletes with ID (n = 11), athletes without ID (n = 13) and both groups (n = 2) were involved in semi-structured interviews. From the inductive thematic analysis three themes were identified for the sports motivations of athletes with ID (Sport-related Progression, Social Interaction, Positive Emotions), two for their coaches’ motivations (Help others, Personal and Professional Development) and four for coaching practices toward athletes with ID (Psychological and Life skills development, Building Meaningful Relationships, Behaviour adaptations and Participation-focused). Moreover, ‘Teammates and Opponents’ and ‘Family’ were classified as social agents that influence the sport participation of athletes with ID. Coaches of athletes without ID reported additional themes about their athletes’ motivations (Health-related Reasons), their coaching motivations (Career aspirations) and their coaching practices towards athletes without ID (Performance-focused). The motivations of athletes and the practices of coaches could promote sports participation of athletes with ID, but more work is needed to address athletes’ sports motivations and overcome the able-ist attitudes and the social oppression that may make their inclusion in sports more challenging. These sports participation barriers and facilitators could provide direction to stakeholders for developing inclusive sports pathways to people with ID.

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Carroll, Catherine, and April Brayfield. "LINGERING NUANCES: GENDERED CAREER MOTIVATIONS AND ASPIRATIONS OF FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS." Sociological Spectrum 27, no. 3 (March 22, 2007): 225–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02732170701202709.

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Arar, Khalid, and Ruth Abramowitz. "Motivation and choice of teachers to pursue their postgraduate studies in an ethnic minority college." Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 9, no. 4 (October 9, 2017): 616–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jarhe-03-2017-0020.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine Arab teachers’ motivations and justifications for choosing a college for postgraduate studies. Design/methodology/approach During the academic year 2014, the authors administered questionnaires to 150 Arab teachers studying postgraduate courses at a peripheral all-Arab teacher-training college in order to investigate their motivations for engaging in postgraduate studies and their justifications for choosing this college. Findings Findings indicated that the strongest motivation expressed by the students is intrinsic: desires for self-fulfillment and further education. Aspirations for social mobility also motivate the Arab teachers, while professional development is of less importance. Convenience (proximity to home and employment prospects while studying) determines the justification to choose this college. The reputation of the college was of less importance. Correlation and predictive tests reveal no connection between the level of intrinsic motivations and factors for choosing this college. Extrinsic motivations positively correlate with the justifications of convenience and reputation. Research limitations/implications The conclusion is that for the Arab teachers, the possibility to pursue postgraduate studies at a peripheral all-Arab teacher-training college near home answers the needs of those looking for professional development. Originality/value The paper contributes to the authors’ understanding of teachers’ choice of a higher education institution for their postgraduate studies and professional developement.

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MATOSEVIC, TIHANA, MARTIN KNAPP, JEREMY KENDALL, CATHERINE HENDERSON, and JOSÉ-LUIS FERNANDEZ. "Care-home providers as professionals: understanding the motivations of care-home providers in England." Ageing and Society 27, no. 1 (December 6, 2006): 103–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x06005290.

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The financial and social climate in which the residential-care sector operates in the United Kingdom has changed substantially over recent years. This paper examines the underlying motivations for providing residential-care services for older people. We focus on the motivations of a sample of managers and owners of care homes drawn from eight English local authorities, and explore the intrinsic aspects of their motivations, particularly professional achievement, recognition and job satisfaction. The majority of the respondents' primary motivations were to meet the needs of older people and to accomplish professional achievements. Their caring motivations had four principal components, which were labelled professional, financial, client-specific and client-generic, and as for their professional motivations, the interviewees reported high levels of job satisfaction. The respondents were satisfied with their career choice and felt that, through their work, they were contributing to society. The study identified several personal and external factors that influenced the providers' intrinsic motivations and professional aspirations. The presented evidence suggests that if future policies are to improve the quality of care-home services, it is essential that they also incorporate the professional needs of care-home providers.

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Langevang, Thilde, Rebecca Namatovu, and Samuel Dawa. "Beyond necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship: motivations and aspirations of young entrepreneurs in Uganda." International Development Planning Review 34, no. 4 (January 2012): 439–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2012.26.

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Stoop, Patricia L., and Leslie Duran. "Motivations, experiences, and aspirations in patient engagement of people living with metastatic cancer." Patient Experience Journal 8, no. 3 (November 4, 2021): 136–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.35680/2372-0247.1574.

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Abell, Neil, and James R. McDonell. "Preparing for Practice: Motivations, Expectations and Aspirations of the MSW Class of 1990." Journal of Social Work Education 26, no. 1 (January 1990): 57–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10437797.1990.10672134.

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Allyn, Mark R., and Ram B. Misra. "Motivation of Open Source Developers." International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes 1, no. 4 (October 2009): 65–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jossp.2009100104.

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The motivational drivers of open source software developers have been researched by various investigators since about 2000. This work shows that developers are motivated by different extrinsic and intrinsic drivers, among them community aspirations, reciprocity and fairness, creative impulses, and monetary and career ambitions. There has been some work done in studying whether the profile of developer motivations is constant across open source projects or is sensitive to project organizational design. Among the many factors that could influence the mix of motives of OS developers is the license under which the work is performed. Licenses range in openness between those such as the GNU GPL that severely restrict the freedom of developers to mingle their OS code with proprietary code to those such as BSD licenses which allow programmers much greater latitude in integrating open source code with proprietary code. In addition to formal rules, meritocracies emerge to reward effort and performance, and also to direct, coordinate, and control other participants. The authors discuss these variables and how they may be related to motivations.

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Toporek, Rebecca, and Tod Sloan. "Reflections on the First Decade of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology." Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology 8, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.33043/jsacp.8.2.1-12.

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The founding editors reflect on the first decade of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP) including the impetus for the journal, their personal journeys and motivations, as well as the aspirations articulated in the formation and first issue of JSACP. They highlight a number of articles published throughout the first decade of the journal, commenting on the contributions made by each article.

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Kim, Tohyun, and Mooweon Rhee. "Structural and Behavioral Antecedents of Change." Journal of Management 43, no. 3 (July 9, 2016): 716–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206314541150.

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This study investigates what determines social actors’ motivations and opportunities to risk changing their current courses of action and the extent to which they are likely to change, by integrating structural and behavioral perspectives on decision making. Behavioral perspectives argue that performance relative to aspirations determines the actors’ risk preference and motivation to change, while structural perspectives suggest that the actors’ choices and actions are enabled and constrained by the opportunities surrounding their structural positions to form exchange relations with the external audiences. We propose a theoretical model of how the actors’ status, distinctiveness, and relative performance interact to influence their motivations and opportunities to change, resulting in differential responsiveness to relative performance in terms of the degree of change. This model is empirically examined and supported in the context of the U.S. feature film industry between 1986 and 2006, where film directors decide the distances of change in the genre repertoires for their next film project. Overall, this study shows the importance of considering the interactions between the structural and behavioral antecedents to understand when and how social actors make decisions to change in an attempt to survive and prosper in dynamic environments.

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Doress, Paula Brown. "An Interview-Based Exploration of the Motivations and Occupational Aspirations of Chronic Care workers." Journal of Women & Aging 2, no. 3 (November 19, 1990): 93–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j074v02n03_07.

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Hughes, Diane, and Sarah Keith. "Aspirations, considerations and processes: Songwriting in and for music education." Journal of Popular Music Education 3, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 87–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jpme.3.1.87_1.

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This article examines an undergraduate songwriting course offered at tertiary level. The article begins by providing a contemporary context for the song and songwriting processes. In doing so, it considers various definitions of song and of songwriting. These considerations provide context for the course development and its subsequent implementation. The associated research explores student motivations and objectives for undertaking the course and for engaging in songwriting more broadly. In addition to identifying a range of student aspirations, findings confirmed a diversity of musical abilities, instrumentation choices and songwriting processes among participants. Such diversity in creative modes reflects the need for educators to consider a range of songwriting processes and components. The article concludes by further considering how songwriting accounts for individualized creative expression in music education.

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Gullette, Gregory. "Constrained urban aspirations: Development, structural precarity and inequalities within Thai migration." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 28, no. 3 (August 21, 2019): 300–323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0117196819868072.

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This work foregrounds changing state development policies in Thailand as a way to consider the complex drivers and motivations within internal migration. Using uncertain outcomes of state development and broader socio-cultural divisions as structure, ethnographic data detail the ways personal agency marks one's aspirational character and possible futures in the pursuit of well-being and economic security. Ultimately, I argue that ongoing state development efforts to reduce poverty, increase socio-economic equity, and facilitate people's capacity to cope with daily life confront enduring challenges. Reframing development must address people's existential needs and consider how structural precarity interrelates with persistent socio-cultural inequities and prejudices.

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Woods, Amelia Mays, and Jesse Lee Rhoades. "National Board Certified Physical Educators: Background Characteristics, Subjective Warrants, and Motivations." Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 29, no. 3 (July 2010): 312–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.29.3.312.

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This study examined National Board Certified Physical Education Teacher’s (NBCPETs) demographic characteristics, recalled subjective warrants for entrance into the profession, and reasons for seeking this advanced certification. An extensive search for approximately 1,200 NBCPETs resulted in contact information for 819 NBCPETs. All were sent a demographic questionnaire which 334 returned, resulting in a 41% return rate. Sixty five were randomly selected and participated in qualitative interviews. The results indicate that NBCPETs are predominantly female (79%), Caucasian (78.9%), hold masters degrees (71.1%), and work in the elementary setting (55.1%). The mean age is 45 years, with about 20 years of teaching experience. Several themes related to subjective warrant emerged including career pursuit because of: a joy of working with and helping children; continued association with sport and physical activity; lack of aspirations to coach; and enjoyment of physical activity. The most frequent reasons for pursuit of NBC were related to procurement of financial incentives, an attempt to confront the challenge, and a desire to develop professionally.

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Wasyik, Torikhul, and Abdul Muhid. "The Urgency of Classical Learning Motivation in the Millennial Era: Al-Zarnuji's Perspective." Nazhruna: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam 3, no. 3 (October 22, 2020): 324–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.31538/nzh.v3i3.772.

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Student learning outcomes in the millennial era have experienced a decline in learning achievement. Among them is a lack of motivation in students, and many Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia use ta'lim muta'allim in their lessons to motivate their students. This article aims to identify and summarize the motivation conveyed by Imam Zarnuji in the Book of ta`lim mutaalim which is suitable for the millennial era. The research method used is a descriptive qualitative method using literature studies. Data techniques by conducting studies of books, notes, article journals, notes that support each other. Data sources are divided into several types, namely: a) Primary data from the Book of ta'lim muta 'allim by Imam Al-Zarnuji b) Secondary data is complementary data that can be used as a reference in journals including relevant literature. This article results indicate that the past (Imam zarnuji) motivation is useful for the millennial era 1) Twenty-eight intrinsic motivations include Intention, patience, sincerity, and high aspirations. 2) seven extrinsic incentives should seek knowledge, find teachers and good friends, and stay away from immorality. Suggesting further research to measure what percentage of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation can increase achievement and enthusiasm for learning.

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Biron, Annie, and Marie Marquis. "Portrait des étudiants universitaires en nutrition du Québec : motivations, aspirations et satisfaction concernant leurs études." Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 76, no. 2 (June 2015): 70–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2014-038.

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Watt, Helen M. G., and Paul W. Richardson. "Motivations, perceptions, and aspirations concerning teaching as a career for different types of beginning teachers." Learning and Instruction 18, no. 5 (October 2008): 408–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.06.002.

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Javalgi, Rajshekhar (Raj) G., and David A. Grossman. "Aspirations and entrepreneurial motivations of middle-class consumers in emerging markets: The case of India." International Business Review 25, no. 3 (June 2016): 657–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2015.10.008.

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Valdez, Avelardo, Kathryn M. Nowotny, Qian-Wei Zhao, and Alice Cepeda. "Interpersonal Partner Relationships, Bonds to Children, and Informal Social Control among Persistent Male Offenders." Social Problems 66, no. 3 (October 1, 2018): 468–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spy018.

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AbstractThis qualitative study applied a life course framework to characterize the nature of interpersonal partner relationships of Mexican American young adult men affiliated with street gangs during their adolescence. Data come from a 15-year longitudinal mixed-method cohort study conducted in San Antonio, Texas. We analyzed semi-structured interviews conducted with a subsample (n = 40) during the course of three face-to-face sessions to explore the men’s motivations, aspirations, and goals to lead conventional lives, despite their criminal justice involvement. Specifically, we focus on the complex nature of maintaining ties to children, the navigation of complicated family structures, the processes of seeking partners with economic resources, and on partnerships with criminal and delinquent partners. We document the complex interpersonal nature of these relationships as men contend with serial incarceration and their desires and motivations to desist from criminal behavior.

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Lingard, Kylie, and Paul Martin. "Strategies to Support the Interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Commercial Development of Gourmet Bush Food Products." International Journal of Cultural Property 23, no. 1 (February 2016): 33–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0940739116000023.

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Abstract:Indigenous groups and individuals may have different needs and aspirations in relation to their local plant foods (“bush foods”). Interests may reflect totemic relationships, customary rights and duties, social positions, political and economic motivations, and personal capacities. This article uses a systems method to identify strategies to support the diverse interests of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the commercial development of gourmet bush food products. The aim is to identify possibilities for further consideration by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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Lee, Juil, Mooweon Rhee, and Kyung Min Park. "Looking backward through the looking glass: Reference groups and social comparison." Journal of Management & Organization 26, no. 1 (November 5, 2018): 110–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2018.58.

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AbstractScholars often assume that reference groups are industry-wide, homogeneous, and stable. We examine this assumption and suggest hypotheses based on managers’ motivations such as self-enhancement and self-improvement, social identity, and affiliation-based impression management. We test hypotheses on failure-induced changes in reference groups and their direction in terms of upward and downward comparisons. An empirical examination of changes in reference groups for firms listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index between 1993 and 2008 shows that performance below social aspirations induces changes in reference groups and toward upward comparisons. The results indicate that managers can choose to change the reference group – a cognition-centered response – as an alternative to such action-centered responses as organizational search and risk-taking in response to poor performance from social aspirations and that upward comparisons may be the result of social performance shortfalls to give a better impression and to improve firm performance.

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Kelly, Melissa. "Searching for ‘success’: generation, gender and onward migration in the Iranian diaspora." Migration Letters 14, no. 1 (January 12, 2017): 101–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/ml.v14i1.319.

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This article uses the concepts of ‘transnational social fields’ and ‘habitus’ to explore the multifaceted role families play in shaping the aspirations of onward migrating youth. The article draws on biographical life history interviews conducted with the children of Iranian migrants who were raised in Sweden but moved to London, UK as adults. The findings of the study suggest that from a young age, all the participants were pressured by their parents to perform well academically, and to achieve high level careers. These goals were easier to achieve in London than in Sweden for several reasons. Interestingly, however, participants’ understandings of what constituted success and their motivations for onward migration were nuanced and varied considerably by gender. The study contributes to an understanding of the role of multi-sited transnational social fields in shaping the aspirations of migrant youths, as well as the strategies taken up by these migrants to achieve their goals.

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Wilde, Rachel J., and Pauline Leonard. "Youth enterprise: the role of gender and life stage in motivations, aspirations and measures of success." Journal of Education and Work 31, no. 2 (January 16, 2018): 144–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2017.1421311.

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Rothausen, Teresa J. "Understanding Deep, Socially Embedded Human Motivations and Aspirations for Work From Whole Person and Interdisciplinary Perspectives." Industrial and Organizational Psychology 9, no. 4 (December 2016): 735–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/iop.2016.82.

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As someone trained exclusively as a quantitative researcher, who recently became a semi-autodidactic qualitative researcher (see Rothausen, Henderson, Arnold, & Malshe, in press; “semi” in part because I am still learning and in part because my coauthors have taught me), I would like to extend the argument made by Pratt and Bonaccio (2016) for increasing qualitative research in the domains of industrial–organizational psychology (IOP), organizational behavior (OB), and human resources (HR), and I would also add industrial relations (IR), which was my doctoral field of study and “where workers went” within business and management studies as HR became more aligned with organizational interests (see Lefkowitz, 2016, from this journal). I extend their argument by deepening one of their reasons, understanding the “why” of work, and adding another potential use, understanding the “what could be” of work.

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Ross, Glenn F. "Tourism/hospitality industry employment applications: An analysis of educational/training aspirations, motivations and industry employment intentions." Tourist Review 49, no. 1 (January 1994): 32–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb058149.

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Mukhalalati, Banan, Mayar Ashour, and Asmaa Emad Al Noami. "Examining the motivations and future career aspirations of Qatari pharmacy students and alumni: A case study." Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 12, no. 11 (November 2020): 1329–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2020.06.003.

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