Power to the People: Using Learner Control to Improve Trainee Reactions and Learning in Web-Based Instructional Environments

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 960-971

  Orvis, Karin A ^a   Fisher, Sandra L ^b   Wasserman, Michael E ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

e learning; goal orientation; learner control; trainee reactions; training motivation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIMEDIA; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTIVATION; MULTIMEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650979636     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014977     Document Type: Article

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