Motivations and Decisions-Making Processes of Mainland Chinese Students for Undertaking Master's Programs Abroad.

Autor/in	Wu, Qi
Titel	Motivations and Decisions-Making Processes of Mainland Chinese Students for Undertaking Master's Programs Abroad.
Quelle	In: Journal of studies in international education, 18 (2014) 5, S. 426-444Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen 6; Literaturangaben 26
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153; 1552-7808
DOI	10.1177/1028315313519823
Schlagwörter	Motivation; Humankapital; Hochschulbildung; Auslandsstudium; Postgraduiertenstudium; Hochschulsystem; Chinese; Student; China
Abstract	Mobility of mainland Chinese students across national borders has become common worldwide; however, the underlying reasons that motivate these students to pursue postgraduation abroad and why these factors are influential are not sufficiently studied. By analyzing the results of a case study performed at three British universities, we examine the motivations of mainland Chinese students for choosing courses and study locations in the United Kingdom. Based on data we collected via questionnaires and interviews, we compare demographic differences to explore the diversity among this cohort. Our findings show that motivations for overseas education are related to conditions in China and abroad. In addition, older students and those in MA programs are more strongly influenced by a need to experience different cultures; younger students and those in MSc programs are more strongly driven by academics-related factors. Our findings have important implications for universities to develop more effective selection policies particularly for target mainland Chinese students. (HoF/text adopted).
Erfasst von	Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Update	2015/2