WORK PARTICIPATION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 11
Abstract
The vast majority of the previous studies on the effect of student employment on GPA have treated student employment either as a homogeneous or heterogeneous experience. In this study, however, student employment is treated as both homogeneous and heterogeneous experience/category. In doing so, we conducted a number of analyses using correlations matrix, regression, ANOVA, and independent sample t-tests. When student employment is treated as a homogenous category, this study finds that non-working students were found to have 0.061 higher GPA than their counterparts - working students, and when it is treated as heterogeneous, it had a negative effect on GPA (ß=-.13; R2=.017) after controlling for the confounding effects. In both approaches, we find a statistically significant negative effect of student employment on GPA, although practically very minimal. Moreover, the current study examines the effect of students’ background (gender, family income, first generation status, campus residency status, ACT scores and college GPA) on the number of hours worked per week. The findings reveal that except for race, the other five variables (gender, family income, first generation status, campus residency, ACT scores, and college GPA) show a statistically significant difference on the number of hours worked. Both theoretical and practical implications of these findings and future research directions are discussed.
Authors and Affiliations
Kifleyesus Andemariam, Ph. D. | Department of Management University of Asmara, Asmara Email: kifle0154@hotmail.com., Samuel Tsegai, Ph. D. | Department of Mathematics & Statistics Winona State University, MN. Email: STsegai@winona.edu., Randall S. Andre, Ph. D. | Department of Business Administration Winona State University, MN. Email: RAndrewinona.edu., Parag Dhumal, Ph. D. | Department of Business University of Wisconsin-Parkside, WI. Email: Dhumal@uwp.edu., Mussie T. Tessema, Ph. D. | Department of Business Administration Winona State University, MN. Email: tessema@winona.edu.
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