Does an International Academic Environment Promote Study Abroad?

Autor/in	Di Pietro, Giorgio
Titel	Does an International Academic Environment Promote Study Abroad?
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 26 (2022) 1, S.3-20 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Di Pietro, Giorgio)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315320913260
Schlagwörter	International Education; Educational Environment; Study Abroad; Foreign Students; Student Mobility; Decision Making; Organizational Climate; Institutional Characteristics; Student Participation; Student Characteristics; College Students; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Student Surveys; Student Motivation; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Organisationsklima; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Schulische Motivation; Italien
Abstract	Although many studies on international student mobility have examined the impact of individual factors (e.g., gender, age, family background) on students' decisions to study abroad, much less attention has been devoted to the role played by the institutional climate and characteristics of their home university. Using data from an Italian survey containing information on a large number of university students, this research investigated the extent to which a more international academic environment incentivizes students to participate in study abroad programs. A logit model was developed to estimate the effect that the degree of internationalization of one's home university has on the probability that its students will study abroad, while controlling for several student-level factors. The empirical estimates indicate that this effect is significant, suggesting that being part of an international academic environment, where domestic students can interact more frequently with international students, helps motivate them to undertake study abroad. This result stresses the importance of engaging domestic students in the internationalization process of their universities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01