Coming to Canada to Study: Factors That Influence Student's Decisions to Participate in International Exchange

The influence of perceived discrimination, orientation to mainstream culture and life satisfaction on destination loyalty intentions: the case of international students

“…The main motivation of short term students, according to Massey and Burrow (2012) is to experience a new cross-cultural learning environment, followed by a specific academic opportunity, and a unique social experience. Just like their short-term peers, long-term students also have as their prime motive a cross-cultural experience (Brewer, 1983;Carlson & Widaman, 1988;; in addition to academic and/or foreign language development Despite the similarities between the two groups of exchange students, there are more differences between the two than it may first seem to appear.…”

Personal values, subjective well-being and destination-loyalty intention of international students

“…There are several reasons for international students choosing an overseas sojourn, and these differ for students who are on short-term study programmes lasting for a few weeks to one academic year, and long-term students who pursue a full degree lasting 2 years or more. A study by Massey and Burrow ( 2012 ) found the desire for a cross-cultural learning environment, followed by distinctive academic opportunity, and a unique social experience to be the main motivation of the incoming exchange students. These findings are consistent with previous research such as from Brewer ( 1983 ), Carlson ( 1990 ) and Sánchez et al ( 2006 ), which found that cross-cultural reasons surpass academic and/or social reasons for studying abroad.…”

“…A number of studies focusing on the motives for studying abroad among long-term students have identified the desire for a cross-cultural experience (Brewer 1983 ; Carlson and Widaman 1988 ; Sánchez et al 2006 ); and academic and/or foreign language development (Caudery et al 2008 ) to be among the principal motivating factors for participating in a study-abroad programme. For short-term students, Massey and Burrow ( 2012 ) suggested that the main motivation of the incoming exchange students is a new cross-cultural learning environment, followed by a specific academic opportunity, along with a unique social experience. Acknowledging that short-term and long-term students have different motives for their overseas sojourn, we explored how short-term and long-term students’ personal values may affect their subjective well-being and destination-loyalty intention.…”

Destination Motivation, Cultural Orientation, and Adaptation: International Students’ Destination-Loyalty Intention

“…The main motivation of short term students, according to Massey and Burrow (2012), is to experience a new cross-cultural learning environment, followed by a specific academic opportunity and a unique social experience. Just like their short-term peers, long-term students also have as their prime motive a cross-cultural experience (Brewer, 1983;Carlson & Widaman, 1988;Sánchez, Fornerino, & Zhang, 2006), in addition to academic and/or foreign language development (Caudery, Petersen, & Shaw, 2008).…”