The influence of instructor social presence and student academic entitlement on teacher misbehaviors in online courses

• Hazel, Michael ^[1] ; Crandall, Heather M. ^[1] ; Caputo, John S. ^[1]
  1. [1] Gonzaga University

     Gonzaga University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 79, nº 4, 2014, págs. 311-326
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study investigated how student perceptions of prosocial instructor variables (immediacy, communication satisfaction, interpersonal attraction) and student academ- ic entitlement predict graduate student reports of three dimensions (incompetent, indolent, and offensive) of teacher misbehaviors in online communication courses.

    Results revealed that communication satisfaction, immediacy, and task-related interpersonal attraction significantly predict student reports of incompetent and indolent teacher misbehaviors, while communication satisfaction and task- and social-related interpersonal attraction significantly predict perceptions of offensive teacher misbeha- viors. The implications of these findings are discussed in light of the teacher-student relationship and instructor approaches in the computer-mediated classroom context.