Although researchers have considered diversity in IT, few studies have specifically analyzed the underlying components of individual perceptions of diversity. This research-in-progress reports on an exploratory factor analysis as an initial step towards validating the Diversity Perceptions Inventory (DPI). The DPI was administered to a group of 165 students, and four factors emerged from the an...

This research investigates learning motivation of young and old adults. In detail, we explore motives of young and old adults to participate in two ICT-course settings: e-learning and face-to-face courses. In a first study young (n = 53, M = 26.0 years) and old (n = 55, M = 69.8 years) participants of e-learning courses completed an online questionnaire on learning motivation and personality. I...

This study examines the structure of music preferences in the sample of participants from the Czech Republic (n=521), differences in structure of music preferences among various age groups and the associations between these preferences and certain personality characteristics. The exploratory factor analysis revealed five music preference dimensions. Further analysis addressed the question how m...

Purpose – To examine project management assets and to explore the link between these and the achievement of competitive advantage from the project management process through it being valuable, rare, inimitable, and having organizational support. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey with North American Project Management Institute members was conducted. Exploratory factor analysis was ...

This study aims to analyze the effects of individual competencies on performance in the services industries in Turkey. A survey research was conducted in this study. The survey was addressed to the companies in service sector in Turkey, and the questionnaires have been distributed to 3000 employees in 30 companies and 2679 completed questionnaires were returned, representing a response rate of ...

Emerging Adulthood, the period during ages 18 to 25, is a new conceptualitation proposed by Arnett which is especially prevalent in the industrialized countries. Turkey is basically a developing country having a young population structure. Investigating the presence of such a life period in such a culture might be helpful in understanding educational and psychological needs of people who are in...

The goal of this study was to develop an instrument to operationalize the impact of technology use on romantic relationship intimacy. The sample consisted of 241 undergraduate and graduate students who identified as being in a committed, monogamous intimate relationship. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted on an initial set of test items to reduce the number of items to those that expl...

The purpose of this paper is to adapt and analyze the validity and reliability of the HR Competencies Scale among HR professionals in the Malaysian context. A questionnaire survey was carried out to acquire data from 154 HR professionals. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) showed a three-factor structure: Knowledge of Business, HR Functional Expertise and Managing Change. The instrument gene...

The purpose of this study was to develop a self-reported measure of instructor satisfaction within the context of teaching in the online environment and to validate the instrument’s psychometric properties. Upon conducting an expert panel review and pilot study, the instrument was administered to 168 instructors who taught courses in the online environment at a large, public western university....

This study aims to find out factors of media characteristic which are considered to influence flow in learning through virtual worlds. One hundred ninety eight elementary students who are eleven to twelve years old participated in this study. After the exploratory factor analysis, to extract media characteristics of virtual worlds, seventy-eight elementary students who are eleven years old were...