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How Culture Affects a Student's Decision to Study Abroad
Faulkner, Lindsay
Faulkner, Lindsay
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2014
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2014-05-02
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This study focused on how culture moderates the relationship between student's beliefs about studying abroad and their willingness to pay for a study abroad program. Specifically, I examined the difference between the Chilean and American cultures, and how the different aspects of the two cultures affected a student's beliefs about studying abroad. Based on Hofstede's (1980) dimensional analysis of cultures, which ranks countries on a scale from 0-100 for each different dimension, and an existing article by Schunsenberg, de Jong, and Goel (2012), which created an overarching framework for predicting a student's intention to study abroad, six hypotheses were advanced based on the presumption that each of the beliefs bear a positive correlation to a student's willingness to pay, and that willingness to pay, along with desire and affordability, bear a positive relationship to a student's intent to study abroad. All six hypotheses were supported, strengthening the validity of Schunsenberg, de Jong, and Goel's model. Implications for university programs are discussed.
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