Social media use in the career development of graduate students: the mediating role of internship effectiveness and the moderating role of Zhongyong

He, Changqing; Gu, Jibao; Wei, Wu; Zhai, Xuesong; Song, Jun

doi:10.1007/s10734-016-0107-8

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“…They used multiple perspectives to think about one phenomenon in different ways. After thinking about all different views in detail, people will make the choices that consider themselves and the overall situation at the same time 53,54. So their behaviors are motivated by moderately different motivations at the same time.…”

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<p>Composition of motivation profiles at work using latent analysis: theory and evidence</p>

Chen¹,

Zhang²,

Gilal³

2019

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Purpose Drawing from self-determination theory, the present study aims to identify the structures and functions of work motivation profiles by using a person-centered approach and to explore the relationships between work motivations and different work performances in the workplace. Materials and methods The participants in this research are from different provinces in China, such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, and Hebei. The participants work in state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises, and public institutions. We contacted the head of the human resources department of the company where the employee was located, and then the human resources supervisor sent the questionnaire to the relevant employees for data collection. In Study 1, we obtained a total of 842 valid questionnaires. In Study 2, employee work performance was assessed by immediate supervisors, and we obtained a total of 630 valid matched data. This study identified the structure and function of work motivation profiles using a person-centered approach, ie, latent profile analysis. The analysis of variance approach was used to explore the relationship between work motivations and different work performances in the workplace. Results Using latent profile analysis, we found 5 work motivation profiles: dominant, high-midrange, low-midrange, intrinsic motivation-minor and intrinsic motivation-dominant. The five different profiles varied in the level (quantitative differences: dominant, high-midrange, and low-midrange) and shape (qualitative differences: intrinsic motivation-minor and intrinsic motivation-dominant) of the profile indicators. We found that these profiles differentially predicted employee performance. Our results reveal new insights into work motivations and how different work motivation profiles affect work performance. Conclusion We employed a new perspective to better understand the relations between motivations and work performance under the framework of self-determination theory. We were able to demonstrate that (1) different motivation strategies at work do consistently exist and (2) latent profile membership differentiates employee work performance. Our results show that high performance can be exhibited when an employee’s motivation is the dominant type. High-dominant employees with high intrinsic motivation and low extrinsic motivation exhibit worse task performance. The results of this research show that a person-centered approach can better clarify the complexity of the process regarding how work motivations interact within an employee. The major theoretical contribution of this research is the use of latent profile analysis (LPA) to demonstrate five different subpopulations that can exhibit different combinations of work motivations in the emerging market of China. Second, our results show that identified regulation is important in predicting work performance. Third, we advanced the self-determi...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

<p>Composition of motivation profiles at work using latent analysis: theory and evidence</p>

Chen¹,

Zhang²,

Gilal³

2019

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“…Total scores range from 0 to 16 for both multi-thinking and harmoniousness, and from 0 to 20 for holism ranges, with higher scores demonstrating higher Zhongyong thinking. The scale has shown acceptable reliability and validity ( Wu and Lin, 2005 ; Yang et al, 2016 ; He et al, 2017 ). For instance, in the study of Wu and Lin (2005) , the internal consistence coefficient of multi-thinking, holism, harmoniousness, and the total Zhongyong thinking was 0.62, 0.73, 0.79, and 0.87, respectively.…”

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Parenting Style and Emotional Distress Among Chinese College Students: A Potential Mediating Role of the Zhongyong Thinking Style

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“…Applied programs like the social media team have practical outcomes for students. For instance, in their study of Chinese graduate students, He et al (2017) found that social media use contributed positively to employability skills, such as leadership and innovation. In addition, effectiveness in an internship coupled with social media use had an even greater impact on students' skills associated with employability.…”

Section: Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journalmentioning

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ExperientialLearning@SocialMedia.edu: Using the Tech Start-Up Concept to Train, Engage, and Inform Students

Coopman¹,

Coopman²

2020

Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal

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Undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled in an upper-division online experiential learning course organized as a technology company start up at a public university in the US. Students participated in an academic department's social media team, publishing a weekly newsletter and producing and curating content for multiple social media outlets designed for public and university audiences, a website for the department's students, and a career portal. Responses to survey questions provided support for Experiential Learning Theory's cyclical learning model. In addition, students viewed the entrepreneurial approach to the team as both liberating and challenging as they engaged with each other and the communities in which they were embedded. Although communication with their student supervisors, faculty supervisor, and other team members contributed to their positive evaluation of their learning experience, the tech start-up approach of task autonomy was the most important factor. Students came to recognize and embrace the multifaceted nature and ubiquity of learning opportunities. In addition, they developed key transferable skills, including effective writing, social media literacy, critical thinking, teamwork, problem solving, decision making, self-management, and leadership.

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Social media use in the career development of graduate students: the mediating role of internship effectiveness and the moderating role of Zhongyong

Cited by 28 publications

References 49 publications

<p>Composition of motivation profiles at work using latent analysis: theory and evidence</p>

<p>Composition of motivation profiles at work using latent analysis: theory and evidence</p>

Parenting Style and Emotional Distress Among Chinese College Students: A Potential Mediating Role of the Zhongyong Thinking Style

ExperientialLearning@SocialMedia.edu: Using the Tech Start-Up Concept to Train, Engage, and Inform Students

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