Hong Kong executive business students' motivations for pursuing an MBA

Hong Kong executive business students' motivations for pursuing an MBA

• Thompson, Edmund R. University of Hong Kong
• Qin, Gui Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

Journal of Education for Business, 75(4), 236-240, 2000

Routledge

2000

• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QG Adult, Lifelong & Continuing Education
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GE Social Sciences, Business & Law

Executives Business Education Continuing Education Hong Kong China

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education
• Adult Education

Using data gathered directly from over 100 executive MBA students in Hong Kong, this article reveals the reasons why executives decide to pursue an MBA and highlights significant differences in motivations by gender, age, educational background, and working experience that have important implications for MBA course and program developers.
[Copyright of Journal of Education for Business is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08832320009599021]

• English

Journal Articles

• 08832323

• 10.1080/08832320009599021

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2010-09-08