An investigation of business and management cluster's students' motivation of taking technician certification at vocational high schools in central Taiwan

Chin-Wen Liao; Sho Yen Lin; Hsuan Lien Chen; Chen Jung Lai

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-30867-3_25

An investigation of business and management cluster's students' motivation of taking technician certification at vocational high schools in central Taiwan

Chin-Wen Liao, Sho Yen Lin, Hsuan Lien Chen, Chen Jung Lai

Department of Industrial Education and Technology

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Abstract

The study aims to investigate factors that motivate Business and Management Cluster's students to take secondary technician certification of their majors. With the literature review, a questionnaire survey was adopted. In total, 878 questionnaires were sent out and a valid response rate was 80.30%. After collecting the entire questionnaires, statistical software packages were used to analyze the collected data. The results showed that teacher's instructions and students' increasing sense of achievement and self-confidence by obtaining certification were the two main motivations students hold. Moreover, private school students' are much more motivated to obtain certifications than public school students. Based on the results, several suggestions are made as references for schools, teachers, parents and students.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations
Subtitle of host publication	Service andCloud Computing
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	275-281
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783642308666
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30867-3_25
Publication status	Published - 2013 Jan 1
Event	7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations, KMO 2012 - Salamanca, Spain Duration: 2012 Jul 11 → 2012 Jul 13

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	172 AISC
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Other

Other	7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations, KMO 2012
Country	Spain
City	Salamanca
Period	12-07-11 → 12-07-13

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Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Science(all)

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Liao, C-W., Lin, S. Y., Chen, H. L., & Lai, C. J. (2013). An investigation of business and management cluster's students' motivation of taking technician certification at vocational high schools in central Taiwan. In 7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Service andCloud Computing (pp. 275-281). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 172 AISC). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30867-3_25

Liao, Chin-Wen ; Lin, Sho Yen ; Chen, Hsuan Lien ; Lai, Chen Jung. / An investigation of business and management cluster's students' motivation of taking technician certification at vocational high schools in central Taiwan. 7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Service andCloud Computing. Springer Verlag, 2013. pp. 275-281 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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An investigation of business and management cluster's students' motivation of taking technician certification at vocational high schools in central Taiwan. / Liao, Chin-Wen; Lin, Sho Yen; Chen, Hsuan Lien; Lai, Chen Jung.

7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Service andCloud Computing. Springer Verlag, 2013. p. 275-281 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 172 AISC).

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Liao C-W, Lin SY, Chen HL, Lai CJ. An investigation of business and management cluster's students' motivation of taking technician certification at vocational high schools in central Taiwan. In 7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Service andCloud Computing. Springer Verlag. 2013. p. 275-281. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30867-3_25

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