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An exploratory investigation of motivation orientations of Indian business students: implications for educators

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  • Suresh Gopalan
  • Moula Cherikh
  • Lalitha Balakrishnan

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India's rapid economic growth and favourable youth demographics have created an unprecedented demand for business graduates. Employer feedback indicates that large numbers of graduates are deficient in their knowledge, behaviours, and skill-sets to be effective in the workplace. This arises due to subpar institutions, lecture-based teaching, rote memorisation learning, and progress by passing exams. The need to institute educational reforms is widely acknowledged but hampered by the lack of knowledge about Indian business majors and their motivation towards education. A modified version of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire (MSLQ) with 22 items was used to collect data on five aspects of motivation (extrinsic, intrinsic control of learning beliefs, self-efficacy, and test anxiety) from a sample of 462 students drawn from three colleges located in Chennai. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the reliability and validity of the five constructs. A cluster analysis shows the emergence of three distinct clusters that differed across all five constructs. Implications for educators along with recommendations are discussed.

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  • Suresh Gopalan & Moula Cherikh & Lalitha Balakrishnan, 2018. "An exploratory investigation of motivation orientations of Indian business students: implications for educators," International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 17(4), pages 455-477.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijicbm:v:17:y:2018:i:4:p:455-477
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    1. Neeraj Chopra & Rajiv Sindwani & Manisha Goel, 2022. "Prioritising teaching modalities by extending TOPSIS to single-valued neutrosophic environment," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 13(2), pages 855-866, April.

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