The Influencing Factors on Global Competency of Youth: Evidence from a Freshman Survey in a Research University

  • ZHANG Lei ,
  • WEN Wen
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  • Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Online published: 2018-07-05

Abstract

In the era of globalization, it's important for China to cultivate more international talents, es-pecially the international competency of Chinese young people. This research aims to explore the factors af-fecting the teenager's international competency. With over 3,000 freshman from a certain research university as a full sample in a questionnaire survey, OLS linear regression and mediating effect test are used to analyze the influence of family background, employment expectation and experience of senior high school as explana-tory variables on teenagers' international competency. Moreover, this paper attempts to explore whether high-ly competitive middle schools play a mediating role between family background and international competency. According to the results, family background, employment expectation and experience of senior high school significantly affect teenagers' international competency.

Cite this article

ZHANG Lei , WEN Wen . The Influencing Factors on Global Competency of Youth: Evidence from a Freshman Survey in a Research University[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences), 2018 , 36(4) : 44 -52+162+163 . DOI: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2018.04.004

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