2.09. 2024 Volume 21, Issue No. 3.

Being Well and Striving Steady at Work – The Relationship of Social Support and Self- Concordant Goal Selection with Teacher Burnout

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Being Well and Striving Steady at Work – The Relationship of Social Support and Self- Concordant Goal Selection with Teacher Burnout Nagy, Eszter; Takács, Ildikó; Czabán, Csaba Teacher burnout is influencing the quality of teaching and the connection of teachers with their students, thus it is a phenomenon worth paying attention to. In the past, researchers showed that following goals that are intrinsically motivated, can work as protective factors for burnout syndrome. The present study investigates the relationship between teachers’ burnout level and the motivational background behind their professional goals. We assumed that autonomous motivation in goals will be associated with low burnout level, and controlled motivation in goals will be associated with high burnout level. We assumed that positive emotions and social support are related to goals with autonomous motivation, and negative emotions are related to goals with controlled motivation, and we tend to create two clusters accordingly. We assumed that the negative cluster will be associated with high burnout level, and positive cluster will be associated with low burnout level. The results strengthened all of the hypotheses. High and medium burnout levels were associated with the negative cluster, and low burnout level was associated with the positive cluster. The present study provides a contribution for understanding the protecting factors for teacher burnout, and brings awareness on how teachers’ work-related goals is connected to burnout syndrome.

Developing Visual Perceptual Skills with Assistive Technology Supported Application for Children with Cerebral Palsy

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Developing Visual Perceptual Skills with Assistive Technology Supported Application for Children with Cerebral Palsy Pulay, Márk Ágoston; Feketéné Szabó, Éva Visual perception (VP) allows us to process visual stimuli to identify what we see and, thus, understand the world in which we live. VP ability is one of the many cognitive areas often affected in children with cerebral palsy (CP). VP deficits may lead to difficulties in learning, recognizing, and remembering letters and words and learning basic mathematical concepts. We created and applied special educational software for children with CP to develop their VP skills. This study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of the software we created to develop the VP skills of CP patients. We randomly assigned 18 participants to equally sized intervention (n=9) and control (n=9) groups and another 12 typically developing samples to compare VP skills. The duration of the intervention was 15 minutes, three times a week, for one school semester (9 months). We used the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test – 4 (MVPT-4) before and after the intervention to evaluate the VP skills, combined with eye-tracking to identify gaze patterns that provide valuable information on the participants during the test solving. Due to the small sample size, we did not expect significant changes, but a positive tendency is captured in the VP skills of the intervention group. We found significant differences (p<0,001) in comparing VP skills of typically and atypically developing children. In this study, we present only preliminary results of the eye-tracking data, which seems an appropriate method combined with the MVPT-4 assessment.

Online Leadership Training in Higher Education Environment

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Online Leadership Training in Higher Education Environment Rajcsanyi-Molnar, Monika; Balazs, Laszlo; Andras, Istvan The digitalization of learning, and student-centered and learning outcome-based approaches provide many opportunities for leadership training. This study aims to present a program for the online development of management competencies in a higher education environment by examining aspects of leadership training. It presents the results of the first round of PILOT implementation. A comprehensive overview of the key aspects of leadership development is provided, which lays the foundations for the main directions of online training. The study describes the structure of the online leadership training and the design of its platform. Based on the data from the two-semester program, it examines the feasibility and effectiveness of the courses and the factors that impact them.

Gaps and Bridges between Future Managers and IT People

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Gaps and Bridges between Future Managers and IT People Séllei, Beatrix; Krén, Heléna; Molnár, György; Stumphauser, Nóra Today’s HR tendencies face many challenges. One of them is the interaction between managers and IT people. Our evidence-based study describes the psychological background of that misunderstanding. The research shows that students of different faculties have the same attribution year by year (between 2018-2020, three academic years) but they differ significantly by faculty. The total sample was examined (n=2305) and we found differences in students' personalities, i.e. their level of extraversion which could be the basics of all interpersonal conflicts. We propose that they couldn't handle workplace situations appropriately because they are significantly different in their emotional intelligence measured with Bar-On's EQ-i and they adapt to stressful situations differently based on their diverse coping skills. HR solutions could be developed based on these findings in the form of training or organizational policies.