Achievement Emotions in Hybrid Graduate Business Programs: A Control-Value Approach

• In Event: Roundtable Session 27
  In Roundtable Session: Mediating Variables in Technology Research

Abstract

In order to improve students’ access to postsecondary education, many institutions have implemented hybrid learning programs; however, little is known about how this learning environment relates to students’ emotions in the domains of program achievement and technology use. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships among hybrid attendance mode (online vs. on-campus), emotions, and perceived success through the lens of Pekrun’s (2006) control-value theory of emotions. Survey data from 101 graduate business students revealed that online students had significantly higher means for program-related emotions than technology use, whereas fewer significant differences existed for on-campus students. Emotions also mediated the effects of control and value on success for both program achievement and technology use.

Authors

• Nikolaus Theodor Butz, University of North Dakota

• Robert H. Stupnisky, University of North Dakota

• Reinhard Pekrun, University of Essex