TY  - CHAP
AB  - Cross-border student mobility represents a critical educational transition, especially for those students who choose to pursue a degree abroad as opposed to a short-term stay, and implies a complex adaptation process with regard to academic, sociocultural, and psychological factors. As a consequence of growing demand for international education and availability of resources and policies that encourage cross-border mobility, the number of international students worldwide is increasing continuously. Yet, little is known about the factors that motivate students to study abroad, and especially why some students choose to go whereas others to stay, given similar opportunities to study abroad. Accordingly, the purpose of the present chapter is to synthesize existing research on the decision-making process to study abroad, to outline important distinctions in types of student mobility and associated motivational implications, and to outline ways in which motivation theory can contribute to a better understanding of this process. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how motivation theories can help to address some of the open questions identified in prior research and thus contribute to a better understanding of the decision-making process to study in a foreign country.
VL  - 17
SN  - 978-1-78190-292-9, 978-1-78190-291-2/0749-7423
DO  - 10.1108/S0749-7423(2012)0000017010
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0749-7423(2012)0000017010
AU  - Lauermann Fani
ED  - Stuart A. Karabenick
ED  - Timothy C. Urdan
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - To go or not to go: The Decision to Pursue Higher Education Abroad
T2  - Transitions Across Schools and Cultures
T3  - Advances in Motivation and Achievement
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 177
EP  - 204
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -