“I Bought My Degree, Now I Want My Job!” Is Academic Entitlement Related to Prospective Workplace Entitlement?

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• 作者：Amy Peirone ; Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
• 关键词：academic entitlement ; workplace entitlement ; attitudes ; university students
• 刊名：Innovative Higher Education
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：42
• 期：1
• 页码：3-18
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• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Higher Education;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-1758
• 卷排序：42

文摘

Academic entitlement, a term that defines students’ expectations of academic success independent of performance, has been linked with a number of maladaptive behaviors. This study examined the potential relationship between academic entitlement and prospective workplace entitlement in a sample of Canadian students (N=1024) using an online survey. Multivariate analyses produced a significant (p<0.05) positive relationship between academic entitlement and prospective workplace entitlement. Graduate students had higher levels of prospective workplace entitlement than did undergraduates, and those pursuing degrees in Education and Law had significantly lower levels of prospective workplace entitlement than students in other areas of study. Results support a need to develop strategies to minimize entitlement beliefs prior to an individual’s entry into the workforce.