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Motives Driving the Choice of a Business Concentration: A Four-Country Study of Marketing, Accounting and Finance, and Management Undergraduates
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Davies, Mark A. P.; Tikoo, Surinder – Journal of Marketing Education, 2019
This four-country study compares business students concentrating in marketing, accounting and finance (AF), and management with respect to five motives: lifestyle aspirations, reputational effects, relative ease of completion, career outcomes, and developmental skills. We find that, except for the developmental skills motive, the importance of…
Descriptors: Marketing, Accounting, Finance Occupations, Cognitive Style
Academic Performance of Business Students in Quantitative Courses: A Study in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the UAE University
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Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2011
This article aims to investigate the academic performance (measured by quality points) of the business students in quantitative courses. It also explores the impact of a number of factors on the academic performance of business students in these courses. A random sample of 750 third- and fourth-level business students at the United Arab Emirates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Business Administration Education, Academic Achievement