Brazilian university students in Spain: Motivations and decision factors

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Intangible Capital Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI:10.3926/ic.1651

Luciano Kingeski, Jordi Olivella Nadal

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Abstract

Purpose: Our research objective is to carry out an analysis of the motivations and specific decision factors of Brazilian university students who will travel to Spain to continue their studies. Design/methodology/approach: The applied methodology has been to conduct online surveys among members of the Brazilian student community in Spain. For the design of the survey, we started with a previous exploratory study with in-depth individual interviews. The interviews were conducted based on a semi-structured questionnaire inspired by the previous literature.Findings: The comparison between the previous studies in the literature and the results of the survey shows that the factors “Academic level of the center” and “Prestige and prospects” of having studied abroad coincide with one another. Indeed, these factors are among the most significant in almost all of the studies and have also been highlighted by the respondents, confirming the importance of these factors in their decision to study abroad. On the other hand, the rest of the factors that appear to be the most relevant in the survey results are specific to and characterize the flow of students analyzed. Specifically, they concern the international experience, scholarships, image and culture of the country and the language.Research limitations/implications: The sample is limited, due to the difficulty of contacting this type of subject, which made it necessary for the researchers to adopt various approach strategies.Practical implications: The results obtained can benefit the recruitment of Brazilian students.Social implications: Contributes to knowledge of the emigration flows and relations between the two countries.Originality/value: The specific topic of Brazilian students in Spain has not been previously discussed.

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在西班牙的巴西大学生:动机与决策因素

目的:我们的研究目的是对巴西大学生前往西班牙继续学习的动机和具体决策因素进行分析。设计/方法/方法:应用的方法是在西班牙的巴西学生社区成员中进行在线调查。对于调查的设计，我们从之前的探索性研究开始，进行了深入的个人访谈。访谈是根据半结构化问卷进行的，问卷的灵感来自于以前的文献。结果:通过文献研究与调查结果的对比，发现“中心学术水平”与“留学声望与前景”两个因素是一致的。事实上，这些因素在几乎所有的研究中都是最重要的，也被受访者强调了，证实了这些因素在他们决定出国留学时的重要性。另一方面，在调查结果中似乎最相关的其他因素是特定于所分析的学生流的特征。具体来说，它们涉及国际经验、奖学金、国家形象和文化以及语言。研究局限/启示:由于难以接触到这类受试者，因此样本有限，这使得研究人员有必要采用各种方法策略。实际意义:所得结果有利于巴西学生的招生。社会影响:有助于了解移民流动和两国之间的关系。原创性/价值:巴西学生在西班牙的具体主题以前没有讨论过。

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Intangible Capital MANAGEMENT-

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1.50

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16.70%

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审稿时长

33 weeks

期刊介绍： The aim of Intangible Capital is to publish theoretical and empirical articles that contribute to contrast, extend and build theories that contribute to advance our understanding of phenomena related with management, and the management of intangibles, in organizations, from the perspectives of strategic management, human resource management, psychology, education, IT, supply chain management and accounting. The scientific research in management is grounded on theories developed from perspectives taken from a diversity of social sciences. Intangible Capital is open to publish articles that, from sociology, psychology, economics and industrial organization contribute to the scientific development of management and organizational science. Intangible Capital publishes scholar articles that contribute to contrast existing theories, or to build new theoretical approaches. The contributions can adopt confirmatory (quantitative) or explanatory (mainly qualitative) methodological approaches. Theoretical essays that enhance the building or extension of theoretical approaches are also welcome. Intangible Capital selects the articles to be published with a double bind, peer review system, following the practices of good scholarly journals. Intangible Capital publishes three regular issues per year following an open access policy. On-line publication allows to reduce publishing costs, and to make more agile the process of reviewing and edition. Intangible Capital defends that open access publishing fosters the advance of scientific knowledge, making it available to everyone. Intangible Capital publishes articles in English, Spanish and Catalan.