Personal values matter: international students' university selection

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作者
Saldivar, Roberto [1 ]
Herjanto, Halimin [2 ]
Adiwijaya, Michael [3 ]
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ San Antonio, Coll Business, San Antonio, TX 78224 USA
[2] Marymount Univ, Coll Business Innovat Leadership & Technol, Arlington, VA USA
[3] Univ Kristen Petra, Sch Business & Management, Surabaya, Indonesia
关键词
Personal values; international students; hard-laddering; qualitative; university selection; MEANS-END CHAIN; CONSUMERS; SATISFACTION; PERCEPTIONS; MOTIVATIONS; EXPERIENCE; EMOTIONS; CHOICES; GROWTH; WANT;
D O I
10.1080/03075079.2024.2441403
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Although personal values are considered the critical psychological factor influencing individuals' motivation, behavior, and preferences, their role in influencing international students' university selection criteria has been largely overlooked. To fill this gap, 47 international students at a private Southwest university in the United States were interviewed and analyzed through the Means-End Chain (MEC) approach. The Hierarchical Value Model shows that achievement, self-direction (thought and action), security (personal and societal), and hedonistic values were the most important values influencing their choices. By adopting the MEC approach, this study contributes to education psychology literature by highlighting the importance of personal values in determining international students' university selection criteria.
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