Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
2010
Abstract or Description
This paper presents the results of a survey designed to assess students’ attitudes toward global outsourcing. A survey of attitudes toward outsourcing jobs abroad was administered to 284 undergraduate and graduate university students. Descriptive statistics, frequencies and MANOVA methods were used to analyze the data collected. Statistically significant differences with attitudes were found among the students’ level of knowledge, age, gender, major, and classification. Essentially what was learned is that overall, business majors are more positive toward global outsourcing than are non-business majors. However, it was also learned that older students (>25) and MBA students are more pessimistic toward global outsourcing. Those “older” and MBA’s were mostly concerned with the impact of such outsourcing on jobs. Implications for teaching international business are also discussed.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
Academic and Business Research Institute International Conference (AABRI)
Location
Orlando, FL
Recommended Citation
McDonald, Michael P., Darrell Parker, Angela M. Leverett, Sara J. Grimes, John Leaptrott.
2010.
"Global Outsourcing: A Study of Student Attitudes."
Department of Management Faculty Presentations.
Presentation 30.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/management-facpres/30
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