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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author
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MEEUWISSE, Marieke |
Title
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The workstudy interface: similarities and differences between ethnic minority and ethnic majority students / Marieke Meeuwiese ... |
Publication year
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2017 |
Source/Footnote
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In: Higher education. - 73 (2017) 2, S. 261 - 280
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Inventory number
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45178 |
Keywords
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Ausland : Niederlande : einzelne Hochschulen ; Ausland : Niederlande : Studium, Studenten, Lehre ; Studentenschaft : soziale Lage |
Abstract
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Given the poorer academic outcomes of non-Western ethnic minority students compared to ethnic majority students, we investigated whether differences exist in workstudy interface between ethnic groups. We tested a workstudy interface model, in which the work-related factors workstudy congruence, job control, job demands, work hours, job involvement and job support were antecedents to workstudy facilitation (WSF) and workstudy conflict (WSC). WSC and WSF, in turn, were expected to predict students study effort and subsequently students grades. This model fitted well for the full sample and both non-Western ethnic minority students (N = 167) and ethnic majority students (N = 666) separately at a large Dutch university. Results showed that workstudy congruence, job control, job involvement and job support led to WSF, which in turn led to more study effort and higher grades. Job control decreased WSC and both job demands and the number of work hours increased WSC. WSC was negatively associated with study effort which resulted in lower grades. These structural relationships, as depicted in the conceptual model of workstudy interface, were similar for both the group of non-Western ethnic minority students and the group of ethnic majority students. However, ethnic minority students worked more hours per week than ethnic majority students, which partly explainedvia WSC and study effortthe lower academic outcomes for this group. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Meeuwiese, Marieke, E-Mail: meeuwiese@fsw.eur.nl |