"Floating Elites": Interpreting Mainland Chinese Undergraduates' Graduation Plans in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Gao, Xuesong
Titel	"Floating Elites": Interpreting Mainland Chinese Undergraduates' Graduation Plans in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 15 (2014) 2, S.223-235 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-013-9310-9
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Mobility; Undergraduate Students; Graduation; Public Colleges; Student Behavior; Student Attitudes; Context Effect; Cultural Capital; Social Capital; College Role; Student College Relationship; Higher Education; Behavior Theories; Foreign Students; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Abschluss; Graduierung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Sozialkapital; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hongkong
Abstract	Cross-border student migration has significant implications for host communities in terms of academic, financial and social consequences. In light of Hong Kong's thirst for human resources, this paper reports on a study that interpreted the graduation plans of a group of "elite" mainland Chinese undergraduates in a publicly funded university. To fully appreciate the complexity of the participants' graduation plans, the study examined their perceived behavioural control, attitudes towards the students remaining in Hong Kong upon graduation and subjective norms as mediated by socio-contextual conditions. The analysis revealed the participants' ambivalent attitudes towards Hong Kong in their careers and life pursuits beyond graduation; most of them regarded it as a transition point rather than a destination for their adventures. These findings suggest that the participants had developed intercultural personhoods and regarded educational efforts as a means to acquire cultural capital for their transnational aspirations. They highlight the necessity for institutions and governments to foster and sustain close ties between cross-border students, as represented by the participants of this study, and local students. These efforts will not only develop local students' intercultural competence but they also help these globally mobile students acquire social capital locally, which facilitates their smooth integration into host communities and encourages them contribute to the communities as part of their globally expanding social networks. (As Provided).
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