Research Article

The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue

Volume: 19 Number: 84 November 30, 2019
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The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to identify the impacts of a university’s organizational reputation and organizational attraction on international students’ intention to pursue post-graduate education in the university they study their bachelor’s degree. Research Methods: This study is in the model of descriptive quantitative research method. The sample of this study included 231 students from 67 countries who enrolled in Kocaeli University in the 2015-2016 academic year. The data were gathered using a questionnaire that included the scale of intention to pursue and the scale of organizational attraction developed by Highhouse et al. (2003); and the scale of organizational reputation developed by Alessandri, Yang and Kinsey (2006). Findings: The findings revealed that there were positive relationships between perceptions of international students towards the organizational reputation of the university, intention to pursue university and organizational attraction. Their perception of organizational reputation of university seemed to affect perceptions of intention to pursue university and organizational attraction directly. Also, the results showed that organizational attraction mediated the relationship between the organizational reputation and intention to pursue. Implications for Research and Practice: The results show that the organizational reputation of university affects international students’ intention to pursue post-graduate e education, and organizational attraction is a mediating variable. Thus, university administrators are suggested to be sensitive to increase the university’s organizational reputation to increase the perceptions towards attraction. In addition, other researchers can conduct this study with international students at other universities to reach a more comprehensive result.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Soner Polat
Türkiye

Gizem Guncavdı This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

November 30, 2019

Submission Date

December 26, 2018

Acceptance Date

October 11, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 19 Number: 84

APA
Polat, S., Guncavdı, G., & Arslan, Y. (2019). The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 19(84), 213-237. https://doi.org/10.14689/ejer.2019.84.10
AMA
1.Polat S, Guncavdı G, Arslan Y. The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2019;19(84):213-237. doi:10.14689/ejer.2019.84.10
Chicago
Polat, Soner, Gizem Guncavdı, and Yaser Arslan. 2019. “The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19 (84): 213-37. https://doi.org/10.14689/ejer.2019.84.10.
EndNote
Polat S, Guncavdı G, Arslan Y (November 1, 2019) The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19 84 213–237.
IEEE
[1]S. Polat, G. Guncavdı, and Y. Arslan, “The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue”, Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 19, no. 84, pp. 213–237, Nov. 2019, doi: 10.14689/ejer.2019.84.10.
ISNAD
Polat, Soner - Guncavdı, Gizem - Arslan, Yaser. “The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19/84 (November 1, 2019): 213-237. https://doi.org/10.14689/ejer.2019.84.10.
JAMA
1.Polat S, Guncavdı G, Arslan Y. The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2019;19:213–237.
MLA
Polat, Soner, et al. “The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 19, no. 84, Nov. 2019, pp. 213-37, doi:10.14689/ejer.2019.84.10.
Vancouver
1.Soner Polat, Gizem Guncavdı, Yaser Arslan. The Impacts of a University’s Organizational Reputation and Organizational Attraction on Students’ Intention to Pursue. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2019 Nov. 1;19(84):213-37. doi:10.14689/ejer.2019.84.10