Studies or Leisure? A Cross-cultural Comparison of Taiwanese and Norwegian Engineering Students' Preferences for University Life*

作者: Frode Eika Sandnes , Hua-Li Jian , Hua-Li Jian , Yo-Ping Huang , Simen Hagen

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摘要: An insight into students' preferences and expectations of life at university is useful when trying to understand drop-out percentages design study programs, especially in the global competition for students. This focuses on Taiwanese Norwegian activities university. Hofstede's model was used predict culture-related differences. A pair-wise decision questionnaire conduct measurements. universal trend that teamwork considered most important, teachers were be less important. The noticeable culture differences students preferred non-curricular values curricular values. discipline had little impact preferences.

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