Publikationen

Although international student mobility has become a ubiquitous phenomenon in many parts of the world, the goals that student sojourners pursue when moving abroad have received little systematic attention in psychological research. Likewise, their effects on psychological outcomes such as sojourners' psychological and sociocultural adaptation abroad have not yet been examined. Hence, the purpose of the present research was twofold: First, we established the parsimonious Sojourn Goals Scale and confirmed its psychometric quality and construct validity. Second, we used a longitudinal sample of student sojourners to investigate the role of sojourn goals for sojourners' sociocultural (i.e., sojourners' social relationships) and psychological (i.e., sojourn satisfaction) adaptation abroad at 3 months into the sojourn. Regression analyses revealed substantial effects of sojourn goals on measures of sociocultural adaptation. Response surface analyses served to examine the interplay of sojourn goals and respective sojourn experiences on sojourn satisfaction. We discuss implications for both psychological and applied research and identify future research needs.

• The article in the International Journal of Psychology

• Zimmermann, J., K. Schubert, M. Bruder and B. Hagemeyer (2017) Why Go the Extra Mile? A Longitudinal Study on Sojourn Goals and their Impact on Sojourners' Adaptation, International Journal of Psychology, Vol. 52, Issue 6, 425-435.

Länderübergreifende thematische Evaluierung der Förderung landwirtschaftlicher Wertschöpfungsketten mit Fokus auf Armutsminderung und Ernährungssicherung. Fallstudien in Ghana und Burkina Faso.

• Zur Stellungnahme des BMZ

• Kaplan, M., S. Bettighofer, S. Brüntrup-Seidemann und M. Noltze (2016), Landwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfungsketten, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

• Deutsche Zusammenfassung (PDF, 282 KB) 6 Seiten

• Faust, J., L. Leiderer, T. Masaki and B. Parks (2016), German Aid from a Partner Perspective. Experience-based Perceptions from AidData’s 2014 Reform Efforts Survey, German Institute
  for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

• Kaplan, M., S. Brüntrup-Seidemann und M. Noltze (2016), Landwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfungsketten, DEval Policy Brief 4/2016, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

• S. Klier and Krapp, S. (2016), Evaluation Standards for Latin America and the Caribbean, DEval Policy Brief 6/2016, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

• M. Kaplan, S. Brüntrup-Seidemann et M. Noltze (2016), Chaînes de Valeur Agricoles: Moteur d'un développement économique inclusif dans l'espace rural? DEval Policy Brief 4/2016, Institut allemand d’évaluation de la coopération au développement (DEval), Bonn.