The learning motives of business students and postponement

[EN] This paper examines the motives of students’ program choice and specialization choice on the example of business students in TalTech, Estonia. The program applies postponement strategy – students choose between five specialization branches of more vocational nature during their second year of s...

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Authors: Niine, Tarvo, Hartšenko, Jelena, Küttim, Merle, Kornijenko, Anna, Loorits, Juhan
Format: book part
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repository:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/203054
Online Access:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/203054
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Business school
Undergraduate studies
Career choice motives
Learning motivation
Postponement
Intrinsic motivation
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spelling The learning motives of business students and postponementNiine, TarvoHartšenko, JelenaKüttim, MerleKornijenko, AnnaLoorits, JuhanBusiness schoolUndergraduate studiesCareer choice motivesLearning motivationPostponementIntrinsic motivation[EN] This paper examines the motives of students’ program choice and specialization choice on the example of business students in TalTech, Estonia. The program applies postponement strategy – students choose between five specialization branches of more vocational nature during their second year of studies. This study aims to distinguish extrinsic and intrinsic motivation factors of students who have weighed their specialization options for longer from students who have decided on their specialization in an earlier phase. The overall quantitative findings suggest that the intrinsic learning motivation is not significantly different between the two groups of students. However, it appears that the students with predetermined decision are more specialization-oriented, whereas the postponement strategy suits more for a generalist and entrepreneurial profile. This strongly suggests that when a business programme aims to prioritize cross-functional skills and advancing the entrepreneurial spirit, the postponement strategy is recommended as a tool to boost student intrinsic motivation.Editorial Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20232023-06-16book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/203054reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento - No comercial - Compartir igual (by-nc-sa) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/2030542026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The learning motives of business students and postponement
title The learning motives of business students and postponement
spellingShingle The learning motives of business students and postponement
Niine, Tarvo
Business school
Undergraduate studies
Career choice motives
Learning motivation
Postponement
Intrinsic motivation
title_short The learning motives of business students and postponement
title_full The learning motives of business students and postponement
title_fullStr The learning motives of business students and postponement
title_full_unstemmed The learning motives of business students and postponement
title_sort The learning motives of business students and postponement
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Niine, Tarvo
Hartšenko, Jelena
Küttim, Merle
Kornijenko, Anna
Loorits, Juhan
author Niine, Tarvo
author_facet Niine, Tarvo
Hartšenko, Jelena
Küttim, Merle
Kornijenko, Anna
Loorits, Juhan
author_role author
author2 Hartšenko, Jelena
Küttim, Merle
Kornijenko, Anna
Loorits, Juhan
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Business school
Undergraduate studies
Career choice motives
Learning motivation
Postponement
Intrinsic motivation
topic Business school
Undergraduate studies
Career choice motives
Learning motivation
Postponement
Intrinsic motivation
description [EN] This paper examines the motives of students’ program choice and specialization choice on the example of business students in TalTech, Estonia. The program applies postponement strategy – students choose between five specialization branches of more vocational nature during their second year of studies. This study aims to distinguish extrinsic and intrinsic motivation factors of students who have weighed their specialization options for longer from students who have decided on their specialization in an earlier phase. The overall quantitative findings suggest that the intrinsic learning motivation is not significantly different between the two groups of students. However, it appears that the students with predetermined decision are more specialization-oriented, whereas the postponement strategy suits more for a generalist and entrepreneurial profile. This strongly suggests that when a business programme aims to prioritize cross-functional skills and advancing the entrepreneurial spirit, the postponement strategy is recommended as a tool to boost student intrinsic motivation.
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