Construction of Meaning of the Undergraduate Course in Business Administration by High and Low Income Students

This paper reports the results of an empirical study undertaken with a sample of 368 undergraduate business administration students from five private universities in a large Brazilian city. The objective was to analyze the differences in perceptions of the course by students from high and low income...

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Autores principales:	Marcelo de Rezende Pinto, Marcos Eugênio Vale Leão, Ramon Silva Leite, Danielle Ramos de Miranda Pereira
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Lenguaje:	EN PT
Publicado:	FUCAPE Business School 2015
Materias:	undergraduate business administration course low income students consumption Business HF5001-6182
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:659559c5ce1e432bb1d95ca1835317af2021-11-11T15:48:06ZConstruction of Meaning of the Undergraduate Course in Business Administration by High and Low Income Students1807-734Xhttps://doaj.org/article/659559c5ce1e432bb1d95ca1835317af2015-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123041058004https://doaj.org/toc/1807-734XThis paper reports the results of an empirical study undertaken with a sample of 368 undergraduate business administration students from five private universities in a large Brazilian city. The objective was to analyze the differences in perceptions of the course by students from high and low income backgrounds regarding the following issues: the cultural and symbolic elements involving higher education; the relevance of higher education in consumer priorities and the influence on consumption behavior of students; the appropriateness of the course to their reality; and the expected benefits of obtaining a degree. The data were analyzed using the Grade of Membership (GoM) and t-test statistical techniques. The results, which were compared with the theoretical framework on consumption in a cultural and symbolic perspective, signaled there is a difference in meaning between the two groups of students.Marcelo de Rezende PintoMarcos Eugênio Vale LeãoRamon Silva LeiteDanielle Ramos de Miranda PereiraFUCAPE Business Schoolarticleundergraduate business administration courselowincome studentsconsumptionBusinessHF5001-6182ENPTBBR: Brazilian Business Review, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 79-98 (2015)
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description	This paper reports the results of an empirical study undertaken with a sample of 368 undergraduate business administration students from five private universities in a large Brazilian city. The objective was to analyze the differences in perceptions of the course by students from high and low income backgrounds regarding the following issues: the cultural and symbolic elements involving higher education; the relevance of higher education in consumer priorities and the influence on consumption behavior of students; the appropriateness of the course to their reality; and the expected benefits of obtaining a degree. The data were analyzed using the Grade of Membership (GoM) and t-test statistical techniques. The results, which were compared with the theoretical framework on consumption in a cultural and symbolic perspective, signaled there is a difference in meaning between the two groups of students.
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title	Construction of Meaning of the Undergraduate Course in Business Administration by High and Low Income Students
title_short	Construction of Meaning of the Undergraduate Course in Business Administration by High and Low Income Students
title_full	Construction of Meaning of the Undergraduate Course in Business Administration by High and Low Income Students
title_fullStr	Construction of Meaning of the Undergraduate Course in Business Administration by High and Low Income Students
title_full_unstemmed	Construction of Meaning of the Undergraduate Course in Business Administration by High and Low Income Students
title_sort	construction of meaning of the undergraduate course in business administration by high and low income students
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Construction of Meaning of the Undergraduate Course in Business Administration by High and Low Income Students

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