Culturally-Anchored Values and University Education Experience Perception

Autor/inn/en	Mitsis, Ann; Foley, Patrick
Titel	Culturally-Anchored Values and University Education Experience Perception
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Management, 23 (2009) 6, S.484-504 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-354X
DOI	10.1108/09513540910981023
Schlagwörter	College Students; Business Administration Education; Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Social Values; Cultural Background; Student Experience; Foreign Countries; Student Surveys; Predictor Variables; Masculinity; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sozialer Wert; Studienerfahrung; Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Prädiktor; Männlichkeit; Australien
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine whether business students' gender, age and culturally-anchored values affect their perceptions of their university course experience. Design/methodology/approach: Culturally diverse business students (n 1/4 548) studying at an Australian university were surveyed using previously established scales. Multivariate analysis was used to test six hypotheses. Findings: High uncertainty avoidance explained unique variation in the six dependent variables analysed using OLS regressions. These dependent variables were: goals, generic skills, good teaching, intellectual motivation, learning community and learning resources. Each of these variables identified different dimensions of a students' university education experience. High collectivism also explained unique variation for all except for goals. High masculinity only explained unique variation for learning resources. Age only produced a unique variance explanation for good teaching, and gender did not produce any. Nevertheless, most of the six independent variables had significant zero-order correlations with the six dimensions of university experience examined in this study. Research limitations/implications: Changes in business students' perceptions over time is a limitation of this study, as it was an exploratory cross-sectional one. Practical implications: This study's findings may help universities improve their relationship with their total student population by recognising the non-homogeneous nature of this business student cohort, especially their culturally-anchored values. Originality/value: This paper suggests that it may be both possible and useful to identify different student customer segments based on students' culturally-anchored value orientations, which may be valuable to universities in their efforts to attract, retain and grow an ongoing relationship with students, especially international full-fee paying students. (Contains 13 tables.) (As Provided).
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