Monitoring of Education Agents Engaged in International Student Recruitment: Perspectives from Agency Theory

Autor/inn/en	Nikula, Pii-Tuulia; Kivistö, Jussi
Titel	Monitoring of Education Agents Engaged in International Student Recruitment: Perspectives from Agency Theory
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 24 (2020) 2, S.212-231 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nikula, Pii-Tuulia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315318825338
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Student Recruitment; Best Practices; Guidelines; Foreign Countries; School Business Relationship; Audits (Verification); Risk Management; Deception; Behavior Patterns; Higher Education; Access to Information; Observation; United Kingdom; Australia; New Zealand; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Richtlinien; Ausland; Risikomanagement; Täuschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Beobachtung; Großbritannien; Australien; Neuseeland; Kanada
Abstract	This article examines the monitoring of third-party education agents employed in international student recruitment. Agency theory identifies comprehensive monitoring as one way to ensure that agents work in the principal's best interest. By analyzing best practice guidelines, this article investigates the monitoring mechanisms proposed for education providers to mitigate information asymmetry in their education agent relationships. The findings from the analysis suggest that following the existing guidelines would only allow client institutions to partially observe the behavior of their agents. Hence, education providers should be not only guided toward more intensive use of the existing techniques but also encouraged to adopt new techniques, such as mystery shopping, to better determine education agents' true behavior. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01