Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/233147 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Business Research [ISSN:] 2198-2627 [Volume:] 12 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 455-478
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
We analyse the socialization effects of a university education on decision making in a public-sector context with a Weberian tradition. The results of our vignette study of 331 law and business students and 155 professionals in German public administrations show that business students-in contrast to law students-make decisions significantly more in line with private-sector logic. This phenomenon is not observed for professionals. Individuals' transformations from student to professional status appear to be affected by particularly strong internal and external pressures to socialize, which widely neutralizes the differences between legal and business professionals.
Subjects: 
University education
Socialization
Public administration
Weberian tradition
Decision making
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Document Type: 
Article

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