‘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

Mok, Sog YeeBakaç, CaferFroehlich, Laura2021-12-172021-12-172020-11-201573-17821873-0388https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09447-yhttps://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/32990https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-4020The 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.enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United StatesCollectivismExpectancy-value theoryLearning and career goals370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen‘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 Germany01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift355-378