HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE
There is increasing number of Chinese students study abroad in the UK during recent years. Most of these students are in their late adolescence or emerging adulthood. They are in the life transition from adolescence to adulthood as well as in the transition to be international students in the UK. T...
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| description | There is increasing number of Chinese students study abroad in the UK during recent years. Most of these students are in their late adolescence or emerging adulthood. They are in the life transition from adolescence to adulthood as well as in the transition to be international students in the UK.
The research is aim to investigate the consume behavior of these students in order to find out how study abroad as a life transition has influences these people's self-concept thus influence their consumer behaviour.
After reviewing the lectures about self-concept, life transition and consumer behaviour in chapter two, qualitative interviews has carried through 12 Chinese international students in the University of Nottingham (divided into 3 groups) in order to gather necessary information. Through data analysis, results have found that three groups of student have three types of consumer behaviour due to the different perceptions they are holding towards the new role as international students in the UK. The different types of self-concept and related consumer behaviour have demonstrated in detail in chapter four. Finally, some of the issues that have proposed in the literature review have discussed and the research questions that proposed in introduction have answered in chapter five. |
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| spelling | nottingham-221412018-01-23T17:38:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22141/ HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE Feng, Ruilan There is increasing number of Chinese students study abroad in the UK during recent years. Most of these students are in their late adolescence or emerging adulthood. They are in the life transition from adolescence to adulthood as well as in the transition to be international students in the UK. The research is aim to investigate the consume behavior of these students in order to find out how study abroad as a life transition has influences these people's self-concept thus influence their consumer behaviour. After reviewing the lectures about self-concept, life transition and consumer behaviour in chapter two, qualitative interviews has carried through 12 Chinese international students in the University of Nottingham (divided into 3 groups) in order to gather necessary information. Through data analysis, results have found that three groups of student have three types of consumer behaviour due to the different perceptions they are holding towards the new role as international students in the UK. The different types of self-concept and related consumer behaviour have demonstrated in detail in chapter four. Finally, some of the issues that have proposed in the literature review have discussed and the research questions that proposed in introduction have answered in chapter five. 2008 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22141/1/HOW_LIFE_TRANSITION_HAS_AFFECTED_THE_CONSUMER_BEHAVIOUR_OF_CHINESE_INTERNATIONAL_STUDENTS_IN_THE_UK_-AN_GENERAL_PERSPECTIVE.pdf Feng, Ruilan (2008) HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) self-concept life transition consumer behaviour Chinese International Student in the UK adolescent. |
| spellingShingle | self-concept life transition consumer behaviour Chinese International Student in the UK adolescent. Feng, Ruilan HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE |
| title | HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE |
| title_full | HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE |
| title_fullStr | HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE |
| title_full_unstemmed | HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE |
| title_short | HOW LIFE TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UK: AN GENERAL PERSPECTIVE |
| title_sort | how life transition has affected the consumer behaviour of chinese international students in the uk: an general perspective |
| topic | self-concept life transition consumer behaviour Chinese International Student in the UK adolescent. |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22141/ |