How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia?

The growing number of international students worldwide stimulates the need to understand the factors influencing students’ decision-making process. This study aims to examine the influence of sociocultural identification on students’ intention to study in Malaysia by applying social identity theory....

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Main Authors: Hendriana, Evelyn, Awang, Khairil Wahidin, Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina, Bojei, Jamil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80084/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80084/1/How%20do%20students%20evaluate%20instructors%E2%80%99%20performance%20implication%20of%20teaching%20abilities%2C%20physical%20attractiveness%20and%20psychological%20factors.pdf
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author Hendriana, Evelyn
Awang, Khairil Wahidin
Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina
Bojei, Jamil
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Awang, Khairil Wahidin
Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina
Bojei, Jamil
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description The growing number of international students worldwide stimulates the need to understand the factors influencing students’ decision-making process. This study aims to examine the influence of sociocultural identification on students’ intention to study in Malaysia by applying social identity theory. It also tests the mediation effect of destination and institution images in the relationship between sociocultural identification and students’ intention. Due to the tendency of individuals to maintain self-congruity in making tourism decision, this research will contribute to the tourism literature by providing insights on the effect of national identity, consumer cosmopolitanism, and consumer ethnocentrism on education tourism decision. This research applied the multistage cluster sampling technique by collecting data from senior high school students in eight provinces in Indonesia. From more than 1,000 questionnaires distributed, 888 responses could be used in the analysis. Data were analysed using partial least square-structural equation modelling. This study found that national identity, consumer cosmopolitanism, and consumer ethnocentrism were interrelated. The results showed that national identity might affect students’ intention only through destination and institution images. On the other hand, consumer cosmopolitanism and consumer ethnocentrism had direct and indirect effects on students’ intention to study in Malaysia respectively.
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spelling upm-800842020-09-21T04:10:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80084/ How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia? Hendriana, Evelyn Awang, Khairil Wahidin Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina Bojei, Jamil The growing number of international students worldwide stimulates the need to understand the factors influencing students’ decision-making process. This study aims to examine the influence of sociocultural identification on students’ intention to study in Malaysia by applying social identity theory. It also tests the mediation effect of destination and institution images in the relationship between sociocultural identification and students’ intention. Due to the tendency of individuals to maintain self-congruity in making tourism decision, this research will contribute to the tourism literature by providing insights on the effect of national identity, consumer cosmopolitanism, and consumer ethnocentrism on education tourism decision. This research applied the multistage cluster sampling technique by collecting data from senior high school students in eight provinces in Indonesia. From more than 1,000 questionnaires distributed, 888 responses could be used in the analysis. Data were analysed using partial least square-structural equation modelling. This study found that national identity, consumer cosmopolitanism, and consumer ethnocentrism were interrelated. The results showed that national identity might affect students’ intention only through destination and institution images. On the other hand, consumer cosmopolitanism and consumer ethnocentrism had direct and indirect effects on students’ intention to study in Malaysia respectively. Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80084/1/How%20do%20students%20evaluate%20instructors%E2%80%99%20performance%20implication%20of%20teaching%20abilities%2C%20physical%20attractiveness%20and%20psychological%20factors.pdf Hendriana, Evelyn and Awang, Khairil Wahidin and Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina and Bojei, Jamil (2019) How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia? Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts, 11 (1). pp. 14-33. ISSN 2229-8517; ESSN: 2590-3837 https://fhtm.uitm.edu.my/images/jthca/Vol11Issue1/Chap_2.pdf
spellingShingle Hendriana, Evelyn
Awang, Khairil Wahidin
Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina
Bojei, Jamil
How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia?
title How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia?
title_full How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia?
title_fullStr How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia?
title_full_unstemmed How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia?
title_short How does sociocultural identity influence Indonesian students’ intention to study in Malaysia?
title_sort how does sociocultural identity influence indonesian students’ intention to study in malaysia?
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