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How Do They Find Their Place? A Longitudinal Study of Management Students' Attitudes and Motivations During Their First Year at Business School
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2015-04-19
Author(s)
Abstract
The first year of studying has been extensively researched applying different theoretical lenses to better understand the transition into Higher Education (HE). It is of particular interest to investigate how students deal with frictions between themselves as individuals and what they perceive to be dominant features of the first-year culture of their studies. To tackle this question, a qualitative longitudinal study was conducted. Based on a sociocultural understanding of attitudes and motivations, its aim was to closely follow a relatively small but highly diverse sample of students throughout their first year at a business school in order to develop an in-depth understanding of each individual’s motivational and attitudinal development.
Language
English
Keywords
Enculturation
first-year students
beginning students
retention
drop-out
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Event Title
American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2015
Event Location
Chicago
Event Date
16.-20.04.2015
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
243552