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TIANTIAN LIU, KEITH WALLEY,
PAUL ADKINS, GEOFF PUGH, SANDRA TURNER, & FENG TAN
Tiantian Liu is a PhD student in entrepreneurship at Harper Adams
University. She obtained her BSc (Hons) in International Business
Management at Beijing University of Agriculture and Harper Adams
University. She has an MA in Management and Organizational Analysis
from Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Her research
interests centre around the effects of study abroad on entrepreneurial
proclivity. Her current research is Chinese entrepreneurial proclivity
and the conjectured link with the experience of foreign sojourns:
Evidence from a study involving undergraduate students based in
Beijing.
Dr Keith Walley is the International Programmes Coordinator and
researcher in international management at Harper Adams University.
Dr Walley has extensive consultancy experience having worked with
numerous organisations operating in the public and private sectors,
and has published in a wide range of business and management
journals including Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of
Strategic Marketing and Business Strategy and the Environment.
His current research interests include acculturation, luxury branding,
coopetition, and consumer behaviour.
Dr Paul Adkins is a Senior Lecturer in Business Management and
PhD Director of Studies at Harper Adams University. Dr Adkins
has several years’ experience of tutoring and lecturing both
undergraduate and post-graduate domestic and visiting students
from foreign parts, especially China. His current research interests
include Entrepreneurial Education and Research, New Enterprise
Development and Management and Dyslexia Education.
Geoff Pugh is Professor of Applied Economics at Staffordshire
University Business School. Geoff has recently led evaluation
projects for both the UK Government (on school performance) and
for the EU Commission (on innovation support programmes). He
has a particular commitment to the Western Balkans arising from
teaching and supervising many former and current MSc and PhD
students (supported by the Open Society Foundation). Geoff is
currently an External Expert for the EU’s “European Foundation for
the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions”.
Sandra Turner is Associate Head of Department, Senior Lecturer
and Course Manager for courses run jointly with Beijing Agricultural
College and Huazhong Agricultural University. Her research interests
focus on international students and in particular their acculturation,
the management of culture shock, and the use of Communication
and Information Technology (CIT) in their learning, support, and
assessment.
Mr TAN Feng is Professor in Food Science and Food Supply Chain
Management and International Programme Director at Beijing
MOTIVATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF STUDY ABROAD:
EVIDENCE FROM A STUDY OF CHINESE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON A
HIGHER EDUCATION TRANS-NATIONAL EDUCATION (TNE) PROGRAMME
University of Agriculture. He has thirty years’ experience of working
with organisations operating in the Chinese food industry. He has
published in a wide range of food management journals in China,
including Science and Technology of Food Industry, China Food and
Food Science and Technology. His current research interests include
food safety management in fresh produce supply chains, food
microorganisms and food biotechnology.