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A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention

The improvement of instructors' professionalism and quality should be prioritised to achieve Malaysia's Education Blueprint 2013-2025 goals. Most previous studies suggest that teacher effectiveness and performance retention could be measured by the impact of instructors on student achievem...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Badaruddin, Mohamad, Nurul Haerani, Abd Aziz, Azlihan, Kadir, Mahadi, Abd Hamid, Zulisham
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Language:English
Published: Primrose Hall Publishing Group 2020
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T61-173 Technical education. Technical schools
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spelling my.uthm.eprints.63442022-01-30T03:55:47Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6344/ A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention Ibrahim, Badaruddin Mohamad, Nurul Haerani Abd Aziz, Azlihan Kadir, Mahadi Abd Hamid, Zulisham T61-173 Technical education. Technical schools The improvement of instructors' professionalism and quality should be prioritised to achieve Malaysia's Education Blueprint 2013-2025 goals. Most previous studies suggest that teacher effectiveness and performance retention could be measured by the impact of instructors on student achievement, but none of the studies measure instructors’ effectiveness and performance retention through grit, which can be an important factor in explaining achievement and persistence in maintaining expected quality of instructors’ performance. This study investigates Malaysian Technical Instructors and the grit needed to stay in the field, especially in purifying state aspirations. The purpose of this study is to describe the grittiness of technical instructors and determine if grit is associated with job performance retention based on age, education level and years of services. The data for this research was obtained through a structured questionnaire adapted from Grit-S survey and involved 88 technical instructors from the Malaysia Technical Institute under the Rural Development Ministry of Malaysia. The study findings identified the grit as the power of passion and perseverance not associated with long lasting job performance retention amongst Malaysian Technical Instructors. More broadly, this study provides a qualitative and dimensional understanding of the phenomena of grit as related to job performance retention. Primrose Hall Publishing Group 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6344/1/AJ%202020%20%28289%29.pdf Ibrahim, Badaruddin and Mohamad, Nurul Haerani and Abd Aziz, Azlihan and Kadir, Mahadi and Abd Hamid, Zulisham (2020) A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 11 (12). pp. 620-636. ISSN 2201-1323
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topic T61-173 Technical education. Technical schools
spellingShingle T61-173 Technical education. Technical schools
Ibrahim, Badaruddin
Mohamad, Nurul Haerani
Abd Aziz, Azlihan
Kadir, Mahadi
Abd Hamid, Zulisham
A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention
description The improvement of instructors' professionalism and quality should be prioritised to achieve Malaysia's Education Blueprint 2013-2025 goals. Most previous studies suggest that teacher effectiveness and performance retention could be measured by the impact of instructors on student achievement, but none of the studies measure instructors’ effectiveness and performance retention through grit, which can be an important factor in explaining achievement and persistence in maintaining expected quality of instructors’ performance. This study investigates Malaysian Technical Instructors and the grit needed to stay in the field, especially in purifying state aspirations. The purpose of this study is to describe the grittiness of technical instructors and determine if grit is associated with job performance retention based on age, education level and years of services. The data for this research was obtained through a structured questionnaire adapted from Grit-S survey and involved 88 technical instructors from the Malaysia Technical Institute under the Rural Development Ministry of Malaysia. The study findings identified the grit as the power of passion and perseverance not associated with long lasting job performance retention amongst Malaysian Technical Instructors. More broadly, this study provides a qualitative and dimensional understanding of the phenomena of grit as related to job performance retention.
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author Ibrahim, Badaruddin
Mohamad, Nurul Haerani
Abd Aziz, Azlihan
Kadir, Mahadi
Abd Hamid, Zulisham
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Mohamad, Nurul Haerani
Abd Aziz, Azlihan
Kadir, Mahadi
Abd Hamid, Zulisham
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title A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention
title_short A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention
title_full A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention
title_fullStr A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention
title_full_unstemmed A look at grit: a study about Malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention
title_sort look at grit: a study about malaysian technical instructors’ performance retention
publisher Primrose Hall Publishing Group
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url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6344/1/AJ%202020%20%28289%29.pdf
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