대학생의 해외연수 참가동기와 연수환경에 대한 중요도-만족도 연구

Purpose: Many university students have participated in study abroad programs to make themselves more competitive. At present, there is a lack of empirical studies on study abroad programs for university students. This study focuses on developing standardized factors and items for participatory motivations, and investigating students’ perceived differences between the importance and performance of motivations and environments before and after participating in the programs. Design/methodology/approach: A list of 30 separate items was developed from reviewing relevant literature and interviewing experts in the field, and the questionnaires generated from these items were asked to the students. Based upon the 5 factors and 19 items derived from the questionnaires the importance and performance of participatory motivations and program environments were analyzed. Results/findings: The IP analyses show that the domains requiring the biggest improvements include association with foreign friends and the enhancement of foreign language proficiency and communication competencies. Research implications/limitations: This study suggested academical and practical implications by presenting standardized factors and items of participatory motivations for study abroad programs, and also for conducting an empirical study of the field. However, there are some limitations to this study which only investigated the known study abroad programs arranged by the universities. Future work/research: Future studies to conduct comprehensive and informative investigations that involves study abroad programs arranged by diverse organizations will be promising. Originality/value: This study provides an empirical basis for study abroad programs, and will be valuable as a resource to university parties, related enterprises and interested university students when they map out their strategies.