Cultural differences in geographic mobility readiness among business management students in Germany and Spain ahead of graduation.

Autor: Baluku MM; Faculty of Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstraße 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany.; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Groh J; Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.; International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Dalbert C; Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany., Otto K; Faculty of Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Gutenbergstraße 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: SN social sciences [SN Soc Sci] 2021; Vol. 1 (7), pp. 161. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 25.
DOI: 10.1007/s43545-021-00171-0
Abstrakt: Given the increased internationalization of organizations and economies of scale concentrated in urban centers, graduates are often expected to relocate for their first job. Based on Hofstede's model and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), we examine the effects of cultural dimensions (individualism-collectivism and uncertainty tolerance) as well as subjective norms (parents' and peers' attitudes towards geographic mobility) on readiness for geographic job-related mobility in samples of German and Spanish business management students ahead of graduation from university. The study involved administering a survey questionnaire to 273 third- and fourth-year business management students of two large universities (one in Germany and another in Spain). Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the measures was confirmed, allowing for comparison of scores across the groups. We found that German students had generally a larger geographical mobility, whose readiness was predicted by parents' and peers' perceived attitude and uncertainty tolerance. Readiness for geographic mobility was also higher when social or material incentives are offered, yet geographic mobility readiness for career incentives and for social incentives was predicted by vertical individualism and horizontal collectivism, respectively. This study is one of the first to examine geographic mobility readiness among undergraduate management students in the two countries, who by nature of their training are expected to be mobile. The study also shows the differential effects of sub-dimensions of the Hofstede cultural dimensions.
Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43545-021-00171-0.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestOn behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
(© The Author(s) 2021.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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