- Title
- Chinese students’ decisions to study in Australia after the COVID pandemic-based on the PESTLE factor analysis
- Creator
- Paynter, Merryn; Sharpe, Wen; Halabi, Abdel; Reimers, Vaughan; Ma, Hongming; Johnstone, Carolyn
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197614
- Identifier
- vital:18921
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101867
- Identifier
- ISSN:0147-1767 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of the PESTLE (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental) framework on the motivations of Chinese students to pursue a higher education degree at Australian universities following the COVID-19 pandemic. We conduct a survey with a unique sample of 446 Chinese undergraduate students who are looking to study a postgraduate degree abroad. Seldom used in an educational setting, our empirical findings show a positive effect of PESTLE, particularly the economic factor, on students’ choice to study abroad, which is contrary to the null hypothesis. This study has broader implications for university administrators as it suggests that the PESTLE model can be a useful tool in analyzing education choices at a time of uncertainty. © 2023 The Authors
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Relation
- International Journal of Intercultural Relations Vol. 96, no. (2023), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2023 The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour; 4404 Development studies; 4702 Cultural studies; Australia; Chinese students; COVID-19; Higher education; PESTLE; Studying abroad
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