Abstract

Student academic success plays an important role in higher education institutions, as it is often used as a core measure of university performance. Internationally, there is an extensive literature on the predictors of academic success. In addition to intellectual variables, the effects of psychological factors have received increased attention. However, there is little literature on cross-cultural differences in the predictors of academic success. This study examines three psychological predictors (hope, self-efficacy, and motivation) and investigates differences between the scores of business students at a university in Germany and a university in Finland. The results indicate differences in students’ scores on the predictor hope. In addition, some differences were found in relation to the students’ demographics. Regarding the predictive power of the factors examined, for hope and self-efficacy this was higher in Finland than in Germany.

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