A Family Affair: The Effect of Family on Thai Students' Choices of International Education

Autor/in	Pimpa, Nattavud
Titel	A Family Affair: The Effect of Family on Thai Students' Choices of International Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 49 (2005) 4, S.431-448 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-004-2825-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; School Choice; International Education; Study Abroad; Family Influence; Foreign Students; Higher Education; Student Recruitment; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Internationale Erziehung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This study examines the influence of family on Thai students' choices of international education. A qualitative phase indicated that influence from family can be slotted into one of five categories: finance, information, expectation, persuasion, and competition. The choices of international education can be classified into the decision to study abroad, choice of country, city, academic program, and of university. Subsequent quantitative analysis demonstrated that students from family with direct experience of study abroad are, themselves, subject to higher family expectation to study abroad than students from family without direct experience. The impact of social competition on students is more profound for those from Bangkok, than for those from other areas in Thailand. Furthermore, Thai students from households comprising nuclear family are more highly influenced by family than individuals from extended and alternative family households. The study has implications for marketing practices in higher education institutions, in particular those which market themselves to Thailand. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10