ERIC Number: EJ1359752
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Nov
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1085-4568
EISSN: EISSN-2380-8144
It Is Better if You Come with Me: An Exploratory Investigation of Study Abroad Program Effects on Internationalized Career Interest
Randall M. Croom; Scott A. Jones; Carolyn Y. Nicholson
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, v34 n4 p442-458 Nov 2022
We conduct an exploratory study about study abroad programs in business schools. In a small sample, we find satisfaction with the study abroad experience is positively related to participants' reported willingness to accept jobs that require international travel and jobs that require international work collaboration. Additionally, students who developed relationships during their study abroad were more likely to evaluate the experience positively, indicating that fostering relationships is an important factor for study abroad leaders to consider. We also employed homesickness as an exploratory variable, finding that expected homesickness is negatively related to expected satisfaction with study abroad experiences, which may explain some reluctance to study and work abroad.
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Business Schools, Career Choice, Student Satisfaction, Travel, Foreign Countries, Foreign Workers, International Cooperation, Student Interests, Interpersonal Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Student Adjustment, Coping, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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