Demographic and psychographic profiles of the potential first class undergraduates at the Malaysian public university
Even though the discipline of psychology and education has gained in popularity during the last decade, few studies have been conducted to determine the characteristics of the potential first class undergraduate students.This study was designed to examine the demographic and psychographic charact...
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| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/11485/1/L.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/11485/ http://www.isepst.org/ |
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| Summary: | Even though the discipline of psychology and education has gained in popularity during
the last decade, few studies have been conducted to determine the characteristics of the potential first class undergraduate
students.This study was designed to examine
the demographic and psychographic characteristics of the potential first class undergraduates ill the Malaysian public universities.The selected respondents comprised of 424 undergraduates who obtained
at least 3.67 of cumulative grade point average (CGPA)in their academic achievement in
the entire duration of their study.This study uses a self-administered adapted questionnaire
to collect data.The questionnaire consists
of six dimensions on psychographic attributes,namely task orientation, competitiveness, skill mastery,general self-efficacy, time management, leisure attitude, and socio-demographic characteristics as well.The results of the study indicate that the potential first class students have the highest level on task orientation; whilst time management scores the lowest.In addition, the results reveal
that more than 99% of the students have
either moderate or high level of psychographic attributes.The MANOVA results indicate that there were significant differences between male and female students in their task orientation and leisure attitude.Likewise, significant differences
between ethnic groups were found for task
orientation, competitiveness, and general self-efficacy.Thus, the findings of this study are able to assist the university management in providing coaching and mentoring
by ensuring students suited to their needs
and desires for their study. |
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