TY - JOUR
T1 - What have we done?! The impact of economics on the beliefs and values of business students
AU - Laméris, Maite D.
AU - Méon, Pierre Guillaume
AU - van Prooijen, Anne Marie
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the participants at the 2019 EPCS in Jerusalem and the 2019 BBQ Workshop in Kiel for their valuable feedback on the paper. We also thank the National Bank of Belgium for research grant DL0804CU0940 that funded the survey. The three authors agree that any remaining mistake or shortcoming is their own.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - We examine the effect of studying business on the beliefs and values of students and study the role of economics in influencing this effect. We observe significant differences between business students and students from other disciplines, among which economics, at the start of their first year. We also discover that some of these differences persist or are reinforced at the end of the year. Furthermore, we find changes in beliefs and values of business students that take only one year to manifest. Above all, while we observe that some values and beliefs of business students change over time, we observe no such changes for economics students. This suggests that the effect of studying business is not entirely driven by exposure to economics in business studies.
AB - We examine the effect of studying business on the beliefs and values of students and study the role of economics in influencing this effect. We observe significant differences between business students and students from other disciplines, among which economics, at the start of their first year. We also discover that some of these differences persist or are reinforced at the end of the year. Furthermore, we find changes in beliefs and values of business students that take only one year to manifest. Above all, while we observe that some values and beliefs of business students change over time, we observe no such changes for economics students. This suggests that the effect of studying business is not entirely driven by exposure to economics in business studies.
KW - Beliefs
KW - Business and economics studies
KW - University education
KW - Values
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U2 - 10.1007/s11573-022-01114-8
DO - 10.1007/s11573-022-01114-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85140828399
SN - 0044-2372
VL - 93
SP - 433
EP - 483
JO - Journal of Business Economics
JF - Journal of Business Economics
IS - 3
ER -