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Authors:
Yuan-duen Lee*, Chin-lai Su, Pi-ching Chen, Shu-yi Wang, Taiwan
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Abstract:
The rapidly international and global development in past years has resulted in increasing number of international students in the world. How to retain talents therefore becomes an inevitable issue globally. Overseas students of the three universities in southern Taiwan, as the research subjects, are distributed 244 copies of questionnaire. Total 199 valid copies are returned, with the effective retrieval rate 81.6%.
The relationship among overseas students' personality traits, overseas adaptation, self-efficacy, and willingness to work in Taiwan are discussed, and the mediating effect of overseas adaptation and self-efficacy on the relationship between personality traits and willingness to work in Taiwan is also verified in this study. Descriptive statistics, validity and reliability analysis, and regression analysis are utilized for data integration and analyses.
The research results find out the significantly positive effects of overseas students' personality traits on the willingness to work in Taiwan, personality traits on overseas adaptation, overseas adaptation on willingness to work in Taiwan, personality traits on self-efficacy, self-efficacy on willingness to work in Taiwan, and self-efficacy on overseas adaptation as well as the full mediation effect of overseas adaptation on the relationship between personality traits and willingness to work in Taiwan and, self-efficacy on the relationship between personality traits and willingness to work in Taiwan. Furthermore, overseas degree students reveal higher willingness to work in Taiwan than exchange students. Finally, suggestions and managerial implications for education, economic authorities, and future research are proposed in this study.
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