Learning through working: a case study of Chinese college students in South Korea

Abstract

This qualitative case study was designed to provide an understanding of the work experience of Chinese college students in South Korea. A growing number of Chinese students are coming to South Korea for college education, and their aspirations for better work materialize into work experiences in South Korean businesses. In-depth interviews were conducted with five Chinese students to investigate their learning experience at local workplaces. The Chinese students' work experience not only led them to a deeper understanding of local culture and language, but also gave them integral learning within an experiential, situated learning environment.

Gender identity and career aspiration to top management of Malaysian graduate students

“…The Malaysian educational system in addition to the increasing number of international students and serving knowledge, need to consider the interaction of gender, gender identity, aspiration along with observational learning capability of local and international students, professors, and overall context. Consideration of integral learning within an experiential and situated learning of students who study abroad is also suggested in the study of Cha and Chang (2009). Further, Malaysian universities as international universities have the opportunity for a better understanding of the uniqueness of particular Asian students in a multi-cultural training situation.…”

“…For example, Akiyoshi (2007) found that women with college education had markedly different career aspirations and employment status compared to women with lower educational attainment. Cha and Chang (2009) in a qualitative case study of Chinese college students in South Korea found that studying and working abroad not only led to a deeper understanding of local culture and language, but also gave integral learning within an experiential, situated learning environment which could affect students' career aspiration and career choice. The distribution of women professors in Malaysia, which is 22.1% of all professors in 2004 (Ismail & Mohd Rasdi, 2006) and is an acceptable rate among Asian countries, could also affect their male and female international students to aspire to top management through symbolizing and observational learning.…”

“…Previously, studies have shown that the ability to adapt and the global awareness gained at international settings are some of the results which are increasingly in demand by today's workplaces (Cha & Chang, 2009) including Iran. Malaysia is seen to be a choice by the Iranian students for postgraduate studies because, first, the former is one of the fast moving countries in South-East Asia in terms of its higher education system and second, there is similarity in belief orientation between the two countries.…”

The Expatriate and Transnational Distance Student Phenomenon: A Series of Investigations

“…Additionally, cases of distance students who straddle more than one country, are likely to grow through the currents of globalization and widespread use of modern transportation and information and communications technology (ICT) (Pieterse, 2007;Gunawardena & LaPointe, 2008). Although international students have been conventionally conceived of as a form of educational migrant (Cha & Chang, 2009), the phenomenon of expatriate and transnational distance students has only emerged in varying degrees in recent literature (e.g., Andrews & Tynan, 2010;Gemmell & Harrison, 2017;Harrison et al, 2018;Hoare, 2012;Hoare, 2013;Stewart, 2017;Ziguras, 2008).…”

Non-state perspectives on Sino-Japanese relations : insights from Chinese students' experiences in Japan

“…Amongst these, four of the authors (Guo, 2012;McNeill & Hennock, 2012;Jin, 2006) highlighted that Sino-Japanese political ties impacted the movement of Chinese students into Japan, while the other two authors (Yaoxuan et al, 2010;Jin, 2006) emphasized the economic impact of Chinese students on Japan. On the other hand, there were comparatively fewer works on overseas Chinese students in other Asian countries, such as South Korea (Cha & Chang, 2009;Choi, 2001), Singapore (Dimmock & Leong, 2010;Lian, 2005),…”