Abstract
AbstractA food‐processing corporation hosted on‐site General Educational Development (GED) programs. Despite a monetary reward for completing the time‐and‐achievement criteria established by the host corporation, student retention was low. This study suggests that on‐site program planners should address the social environment of the workplace as a factor influencing student retention in GED programs conducted in workplace locations. The research examined the workplace socialization factors that affected whether 151 former students became program finishers or dropouts. Sixty‐eight former students participated in the study. Thirty‐one of the respondents were classified as program finishers, and 37 were classified as dropouts. The respondents completed a sociometric instrument that delineated their previous educational levels, their in‐plant networks' educational levels, and their in‐class clique status. A chi‐square test found a relationship between clique‐membership status and retention ([1, N = 68] = 10.83, p < .001). An analysis‐of‐variance (ANOVA) test found that the educational levels of the finishers' networks differed from those of the other groups, (F[3, 218] = 10.17, p < .01).
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