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OvidiuNiculaeBordean
*
ANINVESTIGATIONONBUSINESSSTUDENTS’
EDUCATIONALATTITUDES
Abstract
Themainaimofthepaperwastoinvestigatebusinessstudents’attitudeanditsimpactover
thefutureprofession.Atthesametime,thestudyexaminedtheattitudeofboth,maleandfemale
studentsandemployedandunemployedstudentstowardcourses,seminars,andmethodsusedfor
assessment.Inordertoaccomplishthis,aquantitativeresearchbasedonaquestionnairewascon-
ducted.Thestudywasaddressedtograduatestudentsfromeightdifferentmasterprogramsfrom
oneofthebiggestbusinessschoolsinRomaniathatenrollsmorethan2000graduatestudents.The
independentt-testprovedthatthereisnodifferencebetweenmaleandfemalestudentsregarding
theirattitudetowardcoursesorseminars,orbetweenemployedandunemployedstudentsregard-
ingtheirattitudetowardseminarsorassessmentmethods.However,itseemedthatbusinessstu-
dentsthathaveajobtendtohaveadistinctviewaboutcoursesthanthosestudentswhodonot
work.Thestatisticalanalysesshowedthereisapositiveassociationbetweenbusinessstudents’attitude
andtheleveloftheirusefulnessintheirfutureprofession.Thefindingsofsucharesearchcouldprovide
decisionmakersfrombusinessschoolswithvaluableinsightsabouttheteachingprocess.
Keywords:businessstudents’attitude,courses,seminars,assessmentmethods,profession
Introduction
Theliteratureonattitudedescribestheconceptasbeingrelatedtosome-
one’slikingordislikingofsomething[Maze,1973].Insuchrespect,theattitude
isseenasacategoryofbehaviorthatistheresultofseveralevaluativeprocesses.
Studentsmayexpresslikingordislikingofacertainsubjectbecauseofemo-
tions,expectations,andvalues.
Thegoalofthispaperistoassessthewayinwhichbusinessstudentsde-
veloptheirattitudetowardcourses,seminars,andassessmenttools.Understand-
ingstudents’attitudetowardallthesewillenableprofessorssupportingtheir
interestinschoolandmoreover,itwillhelpthemimprovingtheirmethodsin
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DepartmentofManagement,FacultyofEconomicsandBusinessAdministration,Babes-Bolyai
UniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania,ovidiu.bordean@econ.ubbcluj.ro.