‘My family’s goals are also my goals’: the relationship between collectivism, distal utility value, and learning and career goals of international university students in Germany
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20.11.2020
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01A - Journal article
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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
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21
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2
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355-378
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Springer
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The utility value of an academic task can affect university students’ learning behavior and career choices. For collectivistic-oriented students, learning and career goals also matter to their families. Following expectancy-value theory, we assumed that families’ achievement-related expectations would affect collectivistic-oriented students’ utility value. We conducted a survey study with 154 international university students in Germany. We found a significant mediation effect of students’ distal utility value of their university coursework on the relationship between students’ collectivism, learning goal orientation, and motivation to follow family-oriented distal career goals, respectively. Practical implications for career counselors and university teachers are discussed.
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Collectivism, Expectancy-value theory, Learning and career goals
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1573-1782
1873-0388
1873-0388
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English
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Published
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Mok, S. Y., Bakaç, C., & Froehlich, L. (2020). ‘My family’s goals are also my goals’: the relationship between collectivism, distal utility value, and learning and career goals of international university students in Germany. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21(2), 355–378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09447-y