The Effects of International Study Tours in the Decision of Students to Go to Work Abroad – The Example of the GGS’ IST to Turkey and Russia

• Authors: González Rafael , Stehr Christopher

Title variants

PL

Wpływ międzynarodowych wizyt studyjnych na decyzje studentów o podjęciu pracy za granicą na przykładzie wizyty uczestników z Niemieckiej Wyższej Szkoły Zarządzania i Prawa w Turcji i Rosji

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Until now, much of the research on International Study Tours has focused on the learning opportunities and intercultural advantages of participating in such mobility programmes. However, there has been limited literature on the relationship between joining these study trips and the motivation that students might get to start working abroad. This new research promises many advantages for our globalized world as more and more companies struggle to get the right people at the right place – sometimes without success. The possibility of participating in such a study programme could not only contribute to preparing a future world manager, but it could also prompt him to accept a top position in a country other than his own.

Większość dotychczasowych badań dotyczących międzynarodowych wizyt studyjnych koncentruje się na możliwościach kształcenia i międzykulturowych aspektach uczestnictwa w tego rodzaju programach mobilności. Zasób literatury traktującej o związku między udziałem w nich a ewentualną motywacją studentów do podjęcia pracy za granicą nie jest jednak obszerny. Przedstawione w artykule badania dowodzą, że w warunkach globalizacji z takich wyjazdów może wynikać wiele korzyści, gdyż coraz więcej przedsiębiorstw usiłuje, czasem bez powodzenia, pozyskać odpowiednich pracowników na odpowiednie stanowiska. Uczestnictwo w programie studyjnym może nie tylko pomóc w przygotowaniu przyszłego globalnego menedżera, lecz również skłonić go do przyjęcia wysokiego stanowiska za granicą.

Keywords

PL

międzynarodowe wizyty studyjne; motywacja; studenci; praca; edukacja

EN

International Study Tours; motivation; students; work; education

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Studia i Materiały
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 2/2015 (19)
• Pages: 37-49

Dates

published

2015-11-15

Contributors

author

González Rafael

• German Graduate School of Management and Law

author

Stehr Christopher

• German Graduate School of Management and Law

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Identifiers

ISSN

1733-9758

DOI

10.7172/1733-9758.2015.19.3