Dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regression
Abstract Cooperative education programs are usually based on a partnership between companies and universities. Dropouts have a particular impact here, for example the loss of junior staff in the companies. Most dropouts in cooperative education occur in the first academic year. In this multicausal d...
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| description | Abstract Cooperative education programs are usually based on a partnership between companies and universities. Dropouts have a particular impact here, for example the loss of junior staff in the companies. Most dropouts in cooperative education occur in the first academic year. In this multicausal dropout process, the influence of the cooperation partner is less pronounced in research. Consequently, we shed light on perspectives of organizational commitment to the company and motivational aspects in the academic fields of economics and engineering. We analyze collected data using a cross-sectional study design and estimated cox regression analysis on 2263 first-year students at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Germany with 149 dropouts. Our analysis presents associations between affective commitment to the company, relatedness and competence at the university, and demographic and performance control variables with dropping out. Findings are contextualized within the current state of research. Practical implications are discussed in our study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-119b39fdf280422e9bc297abc590fa9f2023-10-29T12:37:17ZengSpringerOpenEmpirical Research in Vocational Education and Training1877-63452023-10-0115112110.1186/s40461-023-00152-yDropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regressionSteffen Wild0Sebastian Rahn1Thomas Meyer2Research Unit of Psychology and Diagnostics, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, TU Dortmund UniversitySchool of Social Sciences, HTW University of Applied Sciences in SaarbrückenFaculty of Social Work, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)Abstract Cooperative education programs are usually based on a partnership between companies and universities. Dropouts have a particular impact here, for example the loss of junior staff in the companies. Most dropouts in cooperative education occur in the first academic year. In this multicausal dropout process, the influence of the cooperation partner is less pronounced in research. Consequently, we shed light on perspectives of organizational commitment to the company and motivational aspects in the academic fields of economics and engineering. We analyze collected data using a cross-sectional study design and estimated cox regression analysis on 2263 first-year students at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Germany with 149 dropouts. Our analysis presents associations between affective commitment to the company, relatedness and competence at the university, and demographic and performance control variables with dropping out. Findings are contextualized within the current state of research. Practical implications are discussed in our study.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-023-00152-y |
| spellingShingle | Steffen Wild Sebastian Rahn Thomas Meyer Dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regression Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training |
| title | Dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regression |
| title_full | Dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regression |
| title_fullStr | Dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regression |
| title_short | Dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regression |
| title_sort | dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education an observation of the first academic year using cox regression |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-023-00152-y |
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