Title:
THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-EFFICACY AND CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE OVERSEAS INTERNSHIP CONSTRAINTS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS: MOTIVATION AS A MODERATING VARIABLE

Authors:
Nairei Hori and Ren-Fang Chao

Abstract:
Overseas internships are important learning experiences for university students. This study analyzed self-efficacy and cultural intelligence with motivation as a moderating variable to elucidate the impact of overseas internship constraints on university students. The findings of this study indicated that both self-efficacy and cultural intelligence have a negative impact on overseas internship constraints, suggesting that university students with higher self-efficacy and greater acceptance of different cultures are better able to overcome overseas internship constraints. The findings also showed that motivation is not a significant moderator of the interaction between self-efficacy and oversea internship constraints. However, motivation negatively moderates the interaction between cultural intelligence and overseas internship constraints. In other words, the negative impact of cultural intelligence on overseas internship constraints is more pronounced in university students with stronger participatory motivations. This observation was attributed to individuals with higher cultural intelligence being more capable of adjusting their mindset to avoid emotional exhaustion.

Keywords:
Self-Efficacy, Cultural Intelligence, Motivation, Overseas Internship Constraints