Volume : 6, Issue : 12, December - 2017

Self-Actualization and Academic Performance: Ethnographical Approach

Sai Vanje Eswari

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">As per the data, India is ranked 5th in the world, when it comes to GDP growth rate. With the growing economy and globalization, higher education in India is certainly facing a paradigm shift. With growing service industry, Undergraduate Bachelor Programs in Commerce have become hub of job providers. Accordingly, the students&rsquo; behavior and vigor is much better than what it was two decades ago. Self-actualization is the key motivating factor in the behavior of students. The purpose of this research is to identify the relationship between self-actualization and academic performance of undergraduate students. A sample of 100 students were analyzed based on ethnographical, exploratory and empirical research methods. The students were required to take the self-actualization test. The findings of the research suggest that there is a positive correlation between students who obtained higher grades and their self-actualization level. It was also found from the ethnographical study that the participants with high self-actualization were actively involved in Co-curricular activities as compared to the participants with lower self-actualization.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>