Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie

Dados Biográficos

ID815158
NOMEUgochukwu Chinonso Okolie
PRENOMESUgochukwu Chinonso
SOBRENOMEOkolie
ASSINATURAOKOLIE U C
AFILIAÇÕESAlex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike
ORCID0000-0002-3069-1784
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2019
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Basic Psychological Needs and Student Engagement in Work Placement Learning Tasks

    Open AccessFrancisca N Ogba, Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2025

    This study investigates how autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs impact student engagement during work placement learning tasks (student engagement henceforth), mediated by intrinsic motivation-to-know, and moderated by perceived instructor autonomy support. Conducted with 311 undergraduate students across 116 Nigerian firms/organizations, our analysis utilized a cross-lagged panel approach. We found positive associations between autonomy,…

  • A critical perspective on TVET teachers’ pedagogical practices

    Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Edna Nwanyiuzor Ogwu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Vocational Education…2023

    This study explores the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) teachers’ pedagogical practices and how such practices can help the teachers’ use of relevant guiding pedagogical principles in practice in Nigerian TVET system to facilitate quality learning. Employing a three-tiered ethnographic case study approach, we learned how 24 TVET teachers from purposively selected six Nigerian public universities used guiding pedagogical pri…

  • Work Placement Supervisor Support and Students’ Proactive Career Behaviors

    Open AccessUgochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Sunday Mlanga et al.ARTICLEJournal of Career Development2023

    Drawing upon social cognitive career theory model of career self-management, we examined the relationship between work placement supervisor support (WPSS) and students’ proactive career behaviors (PCB), mediating role of work placement learning self-efficacy and the moderating effect of proactivity in the indirect relationships. Data were collected from 275 university undergraduate students undertaking placement learning in 129 firms. The regress…

  • Students' satisfaction with their academic majors and study commitment

    Open AccessChinyere Ori Elom, Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie et al.ARTICLEPsychology in the Schools2023

    This study examines the effect of students' satisfaction with their academic majors (major satisfaction henceforth with) on their study commitment. Also, it examines the mediating role of academic psychological capital dimensions in the major satisfaction and study commitment nexus. Data were collected from 726 fourth‐year business undergraduate students, and a path analysis was employed to test the proposed hypotheses. The findings showed that s…

  • A closer look at how work placement learning influences student engagement in practical skills acquisition

    Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Anthony Chukwuma Nwali et al.ARTICLEHigher Education Research &…2022

    This study examines how work placement learning (WPL) might influence student engagement in practical skills acquisition (SEPSA). The study draws on key elements of three theories: the social cognitive career theory (self-efficacy), self-determination theory (intrinsic motivation) and expectancy-value theory (task value) to understand the mechanisms through which the relationship might exist. Using cross-sectional data from 326 university undergr…

  • Enhancing students’ critical thinking skills through engagement with innovative pedagogical practices in Global South

    Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Paul Agu Igwe et al.ARTICLEHigher Education Research &…2022

    This study shows how HE teachers (particularly, business management and vocational studies) experience the teaching of critical thinking to foster student development of critical thinking skills (CTS) while working across diverse international contexts. Using a qualitative online survey and interview methodologies, we obtained rich information from 55 participants from 26 countries in the Global South including HE teachers who incorporate CTS int…

  • Work placement learning and students' readiness for school-to-work transition

    Open AccessUgochukwu Chinonso OkolieARTICLEJournal of Vocational Behavior2022

  • Women Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation

    Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Christian Ehiobuche et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Business2021

    This study explores the socio-cultural and economic context in which Igbo women’s basket weaving enterprise develops and operates in Nigeria and their beliefs about how entrepreneurial action can alleviate poverty. We conducted a qualitative study of 48 Igbo women entrepreneurs who run local basket weaving enterprise in 16 rural communities of 4 out of the 5 Igbo States (southeast region) of Nigeria, to explore the impact of informal entrepreneur…

  • Reclaiming education

    Open AccessUgochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Hyginus Emeka Nwosu et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019Referências: 7