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ABSTRACT
In today’s integrated global economy, business executives of multinational corporations are required to have a flexible global mindset in order to cope with the driving forces of globalization. Thus, the global market forces stress the importance for business schools to graduate students with skill sets pertinent to functioning competitively in the ever-changing business environment. In this article, we conducted a survey of 165 students in the Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University to examine whether international cocurricular activities help achieve the goal of cultivating a global mindset in students. The results suggest that international cocurricular activities enhance students’ global mindset. Short-term study tours and international internships do have a significant impact on students’ global mindset as other long-term cocurricular activities, which may cost more time and money. We recommend that short-term study tours be used as an alternative cost-effective way to engaging business students in the internationalization of the business curriculum at their institutions.
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Quan Le
Quan Le, PhD, is the Eva Albers Professor, Associate Professor of Economics, and Director of the International Business Program at the Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Teresa Ling
Teresa Ling, PhD, is a Lecturer in Economics and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs at the Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Jot Yau
Jot Yau, PhD, is the George Albers Professor, Fellow of the Center for Global Business, Professor and Chair of the Department of Finance at the Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA.