THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ PREFERENCES FOR SOCIAL CONTACT

• Autor(a) principal: Testa, Maurício Gregianin
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Rohde, Leonardo Rosa, Luciano, Edimara Mezzomo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Administração (São Paulo. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://raep.emnuvens.com.br/raep/article/view/174
• topic: social contact; affiliation motivation; Business Administration education; undergraduate courses.; contato social; motivação à afiliação; ensino de Administração; cursos de graduação.

The objective of the paper is to compare the differences in the preferences for social contact of students from Business Administration courses with those from other undergraduate programs in the Brazilian context. The preferences for social contact have been analyzed based on the motivations that lead to social contact, through three dimensions that represent social rewards desired by the people when establishing contacts with their peers: positive stimulus, attention and emotional support. In addition, the concept of preference for loneliness has also been used, which can be understood as the preference for the absence of social interaction. An exploratory-descriptive Survey Research was answered by 150 students of two Business Administration courses and other 153 students of the Social Work, Information Systems and Systems Analysis courses. The results show the differences and similarities between thestudents over affiliation motivation and preference for solitude, and examine profiles of students grouped according to what motivates them to interact with others.