Relationship Between Teachers' Work Ethics and Student's Academic Achievement at The University Level
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https://doi.org/10.62997/psi.2024a-31046Keywords:
Teachers, Students, Work Ethics, Academic AchievementAbstract
The ethics of the teachers play a vital role in a teacher's personal and professional development. The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between teachers' work ethics and students' academic achievement at the university level. It was quantitative research that relied upon the survey technique to dig out information from the sample selected. The study was conducted on 150 faculty members of Social Sciences from the University of Lahore. The study employed convenient sampling to select participants and developed a rating scale to gather data on teachers' work ethics and students' academic achievements. With a reliability value of .929, data analysis utilized both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicated a modest positive correlation between teachers' work ethics and students' academic achievements.
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