2023
DOI: 10.1002/psp.2719
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Towards the ‘rationality–emotion nexus’ for approaching international student mobility: An ethnography of African student migrants at a Chinese university

Daisy Binfang Wu,
Song Hou

Abstract: This paper examines how student motivations to study abroad are shaped by what might be called the ‘rationality–emotion nexus’. Drawing from 15 months of ethnographic engagement at a Chinese university, we show how rational factors (e.g., pursuit of financial resources) interact with emotional forces (e.g., love for family members) in dynamic and diverse ways to shape the pathways of African student migrants to higher education overseas. More specifically, we identify three distinct dynamics in the nexus: (i) … Show more

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