Do Business Students' Culturally Anchored Values Shape Student-Driven or Teacher-Driven Learning Style Preferences?
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| Title: | Do Business Students' Culturally Anchored Values Shape Student-Driven or Teacher-Driven Learning Style Preferences? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Mitsis, Ann, Foley, Patrick W. |
| Source: | Journal of Marketing Education. 2009 31(3):240-252. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Students, Service Occupations, Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Business Administration Education, Higher Education, Competition, Industry, Cultural Awareness, Prediction, Values, Marketing, Undergraduate Study |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0273475309345000 |
| ISSN: | 0273-4753 |
| Abstract: | University education is part of a globally competitive service industry and contributes more to Australia's export earnings than agriculture. This article argues that a deeper understanding of diverse cultural student groups is important for Australian and other universities that wish to differentiate their education service offerings by customizing them to different segments. International and domestic students are commonly seen to have different learning style preferences. This study empirically explores whether an understanding of culturally anchored values provides a better customer segmentation measure to predict learning style preferences than existing domestic and international student measures. Three questions are empirically addressed: Do business students' culturally anchored values explain variation in learning style preferences? Do students' culturally anchored values predict a preference for a more student- or teacher-driven learning environment? and Can an understanding of culturally anchored values provide a better customer segmentation variable to identify learning style preferences than the more commonly used categories of domestic and international? This study found that culturally anchored values provided stronger predictors of learning style preferences than domestic and international student categorizations. Implications for marketing undergraduate business programs are identified. (Contains 5 tables.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 67 |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Accession Number: | EJ860937 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | University education is part of a globally competitive service industry and contributes more to Australia's export earnings than agriculture. This article argues that a deeper understanding of diverse cultural student groups is important for Australian and other universities that wish to differentiate their education service offerings by customizing them to different segments. International and domestic students are commonly seen to have different learning style preferences. This study empirically explores whether an understanding of culturally anchored values provides a better customer segmentation measure to predict learning style preferences than existing domestic and international student measures. Three questions are empirically addressed: Do business students' culturally anchored values explain variation in learning style preferences? Do students' culturally anchored values predict a preference for a more student- or teacher-driven learning environment? and Can an understanding of culturally anchored values provide a better customer segmentation variable to identify learning style preferences than the more commonly used categories of domestic and international? This study found that culturally anchored values provided stronger predictors of learning style preferences than domestic and international student categorizations. Implications for marketing undergraduate business programs are identified. (Contains 5 tables.) |
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| ISSN: | 0273-4753 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0273475309345000 |
