Department of Psychology: Recent submissions
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Self-regulated learning among teacher education students: motivational beliefs influence on the use of metacognition
(Journal of Psychology in Africa., 2017-12-06)In the present study, we examined the relationships between motivational beliefs (self-efficacy, task value, and control of learning beliefs) and use of metacognitive learning strategies among teacher education students ... -
Human resource practices and quality assurance among teachers in public secondary schools in the central Region, Uganda
(East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies., 2020)he study aimed at establishing the influence of human resource practices on quality assurance among secondary school teachers in the central region of Uganda. It was guided by the objective of establishing the relationship ... -
Use of self-regulated learning strategies among teacher education students: a latent profile analysis
(Elsevier: Social Sciences & Humanities Open., 2020)In the present study, we conducted a latent profile analysis to identify three clusters of Teacher Education students based on their reported use of self-regulated learning strategies. The sample comprised 527 undergraduate ... -
Modeling the relationship between motivational beliefs, cognitive learning strategies, and academic performance of teacher education students
(South African Journal of Psychology., 2019-02-01)Although self-regulated learning has received much attention over the past decades, research on how teacher education students regulate their own learning has been scarce, particularly in third world countries. In the ... -
Adaptation and strategic retirement of secondary school teachers
(Public Organization Review, 2021-06-21)This study explains strategic retirement amongst Uganda’s secondary school teachers using work adjustment and development theories. Data relating to psychological adaptation and socio cultural adaptation were attained using ... -
Children’s conceptions of peace in two Ugandan primary schools: insights for peace curriculum
(Research in Comparative and International Education : Sage Journals, 2017-03-28)Oppenheimer urged communities all over the world to study how children come to understand peace, conflict, and war. Set in various countries, their review of studies, as well as more recent examinations reveal trends in ... -
Problem-based learning and action learning in Ugandan universities
(Journal of Science & Sustainable Development, 2019-01)The purpose of the study was to compare the action learning approach with the traditional didactic learning and establish the relationship between problem-based learning and action learning. We employed a quasi experiment ... -
Informational differences and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises in Kampala, Uganda: the mediating role of ecologies of innovation
(Cogent Business & Management, 2019-05-29)This paper examines the mediating role of ecologies of innovation in the relationship between informational differences and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kampala, Uganda. To ... -
Informational differences and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises in Uganda
(Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 2021-10-25)Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) establish formal and informal relations to access required resources for business competitiveness in Uganda. The major challenge of acquiring the required resources is attributed to ... -
Ecologies of innovation as a mediator between nexus of generative influence and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises in Uganda
(Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 2020-05-28)This paper examines the mediating role of ecologies of innovation in the relationship between nexus of generative influence and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda. A cross sectional ... -
Positive deviance, ecologies of innovation and entrepreneurial networking
(World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2019-09-20)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of ecologies of innovation in the relationship between positive deviance (PD) and entrepreneurial networking among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in ... -
Ecologies of innovation among small and medium enterprises in Uganda as a mediator of entrepreneurial networking and opportunity exploitation
(Cogent Business & Management, 2019-07-10)This paper examines the mediating effect of ecologies of innovation on the relationship between entrepreneurial networking and opportunity exploitation among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda. The study design ... -
Performance management practices, information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and managed performance
(Quality Assurance in Education, 2010-04-27)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the need for managers of public universities to pay attention to performance management practices and information communication technology (ICT) adoption in order to ... -
Evaluation of the effects of vocational choice and practical training on students’ employability
(Journal of European Industrial Training, 2007-07-31)Purpose – The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the need for Kyambogo to pay special attention to students’ vocational choices, university based training and employability. Design/methodology/approach – The sample ... -
Engineering lecturers' competencies and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) at Kyambogo University
(Journal of European Industrial Training, 2007-11-06)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the relevant competencies possessed by engineering lecturers and the relationship between those competencies and the exhibited organisational citizenship behaviours ... -
Performance management practices, employee attitudes and managed performance
(International Journal of Educational Management : Emerald., 2010-08-17)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the relationship between performance management practices, employee attitudes and managed performance. Design/methodology/approach – Using a disproportionate stratified ... -
Performance management practices and managed performance: the moderating influence of organisational culture and climate in public universities in Uganda
(Measuring Business Excellence, 2011-11-15)Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore and explain the existence and implementation of performance management practices in four public universities in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach – A mixed-method ...