How to Shape Students’ Characterter Traits? Teacher Credibility Matters

This study aimed to analyze howthe impact of teacher credibility on the
character traits of students.We utilized Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM) with Hierarchical
Component Models analysis on 186 respondents gathered from an online
survey questionnaire completed by undergraduate students. The result of this study
suggests that teacher credibility (competence, goodwill, and trustworthiness) positively
and significantly impacts students’ character traits (self-control/discipline,
responsibility, integrity/fairness, cooperation, and compassion/empathy). In practice,
this study suggests that in fostering good character traits, a teacher who
teaches in a class should demonstrate good credit because it matters in shaping
students’ character traits, no exception in higher education.