Motivation Differences Between Different Groups of International Business Students in Guangdong Communication Polytechnic

EasyChair Preprint 9739

Abstract

This study reviews a motivation research of 332 students in International Business from Guangdong Communication Polytechnic, conceptualized their motivation to learn International Business. The students answered a Motivation Questionnaire, which consist of 30 – item Likert-type instrument designed to provide International Business education researchers and International Business instructors with information about the students’ motivation to learn International Business. The questionnaire was adopted from Glynn (2009). The students’ scores on the Motivation Questionnaire were reliable and related to students’ high school preparation in International Business, GPA in college International Business courses, and belief in the relevance of International Business to their careers. Students conceptualized their motivation to learn International Business in terms of five dimensions: intrinsic motivation and personal relevance, self-efficacy and assessment anxiety, self-determination, career motivation, and grade motivation (Glynn, 2009). The result of this study showed that the final year International Business students got the best performance in internal motivation, personal relevance, self-determination and self- efficacy for International Business learning. Second-year students had the best extrinsic motivation. The freshmen were the most anxiety in assessments.

Keyphrases: International Business, Polytechnic Students, motivation

@booklet{EasyChair:9739,
  author    = {Weiwei Tu and Mohamad Jafre Bin Zainol Abidin and Fengfeng Zhang},
  title     = {Motivation Differences Between Different Groups of International Business Students in Guangdong Communication Polytechnic},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 9739},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}