TY - JOUR
T1 - Promises from afar
T2 - a model of international student psychological contract in business education
AU - Bordia, Sarbari
AU - Bordia, Prashant
AU - Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Prithviraj Chattopadhyay, George Chen, Carol Kulik, Jaco Lok, Robert Rubin, Kyoung-Hee Yu, and Tom Zagenczyk for their comments on this paper. This research was partially supported by the Australian Research Council Grant (DP130104138) awarded to the authors.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, © 2013 Society for Research into Higher Education.
PY - 2015/2/7
Y1 - 2015/2/7
N2 - Despite their significant presence in western business schools, the needs and experiences of international students have not been adequately reflected in the business education literature. We draw upon psychological contract theory – used to understand employer–employee relationships – to develop a novel theoretical model on the international student–business school relationship. Based on a review of psychological contract and international education literatures, we propose that students perceive a variety of institutional obligations arising from explicit and implicit promises made by business schools. Fulfilment or breach of these obligations will impact upon students' educational performance and satisfaction. We also examine ways in which students' cultural orientation might moderate the psychological contract process.
AB - Despite their significant presence in western business schools, the needs and experiences of international students have not been adequately reflected in the business education literature. We draw upon psychological contract theory – used to understand employer–employee relationships – to develop a novel theoretical model on the international student–business school relationship. Based on a review of psychological contract and international education literatures, we propose that students perceive a variety of institutional obligations arising from explicit and implicit promises made by business schools. Fulfilment or breach of these obligations will impact upon students' educational performance and satisfaction. We also examine ways in which students' cultural orientation might moderate the psychological contract process.
KW - business schools
KW - cross-cultural issues in teaching and learning
KW - international students
KW - management education
KW - student satisfaction
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U2 - 10.1080/03075079.2013.823935
DO - 10.1080/03075079.2013.823935
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919839315
SN - 0307-5079
VL - 40
SP - 212
EP - 232
JO - Studies in Higher Education
JF - Studies in Higher Education
IS - 2
ER -